Jeff Koons Quotes
I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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To provide a welcoming path to citizenship for immigrants and to restore our civil liberties, our foreign policy platform is very important.
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My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted.
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My father, a bakery-truck driver, was the epitome of the work ethic that probably kept me knocking out columns six days a week for a rough total of 12,600 over 50 years.
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The funny thing is I'm actually really insecure. I have a lot of girl issues - 'I'm not pretty enough,' 'I'm not skinny enough' - but there is a confidence I have in what I can do. I did tend to overcompensate to cover up other insecurities that I have.
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When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
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I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.
