Jerry Saltz Quotes
In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.
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My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.
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The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
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In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.
