Jeff Koons Quotes
I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
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When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
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Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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We meet so many people, and it's interesting when you meet someone who you really connect with. They have their own energy, their own personality, and that is something so different than just beauty. So that really drives the decision for who to work with on a campaign.
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I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.
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I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.
