Jeffrey Deitch Quotes
Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, 'I want to be an artist' - is a good thing.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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The best practitioners give to their patients the least medicine.
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I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.
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The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.
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Your best T-shirt should be like your bed; it just feels like you are home when you are in it.
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I certainly had my God-can-you-just-take-me-now-I've-just-had-it-I'm-checking-out-let-me-off-the-train-I'm-done kind of thing. But, you know, I would never actually do it. I just can't imagine what it would take to do that.
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Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, 'I want to be an artist' - is a good thing.
