Bruce Nauman Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Imperfection is perfection.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.
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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing.
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I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.
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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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Everything you do is an opportunity cost. Learn to say 'No'
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A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.
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It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work.
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I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.
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It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.
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I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
