Bridget Riley Quotes
Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.
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Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.
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It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
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One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
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Most men need their wives to need them, and I've seen that lead to their downfall
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I’m really cracking. No, I’m beyond cracking. I’m shattered. I’m lost. I’m fragmented.
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Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.
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There is a famous painting, Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. I am in love with that painting. Sometimes, I think everyone is like the people in that painting, everyone lost in their own private universes of pain or sorrow or guilt, everyone remote and unknowable. The painting reminds me of you. It breaks my heart.
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Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.
