Frank Stella Quotes
I know what I want, but it's physically beyond me now. I can work on what I can handle. It's a playoff between the object and my physical limits.
Quotes to Explore
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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The league is changing, and we don't have many back-to-the-basket players. We now have a game that requires skill and versatility. A lot of that is about being able to think. It makes all the difference in the world to have a player in there with a high basketball IQ who can make the right decision.
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Criminals look at identity theft and say only 1 in 700 criminals gets convicted of it. And they look at check forgery and they know that for every 1,400 forgers arrested, only about 123 get convicted and about 26 go to jail. So the rewards are great, but the risks are very slim. So that's one of the reasons that make it very popular.
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The power to tax is the power to destroy.
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Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women - that were specifically just about existing and weren't necessarily racialized or were centered around race.
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Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.
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I know what I want, but it's physically beyond me now. I can work on what I can handle. It's a playoff between the object and my physical limits.
