Nam June Paik Quotes
The culture that's going to survive in the future is the culture that you can carry around in your head.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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I like being unconventional.
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I've already got notebooks full of ideas for new music, so I'm gonna kind of nurture that just like I do all of my ideas and perfect it until it's ready and then I'll just let it go.
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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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I'm an outsider.
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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The culture that's going to survive in the future is the culture that you can carry around in your head.
