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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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
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TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.
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In school I was painfully shy. But as soon as I had to get up in front of the class and give a book report, it was alarming - I'd suddenly be very articulate.
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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.
