Bruce Nauman Quotes
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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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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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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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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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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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You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
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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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I don't know, I like the word sassy.
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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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Oh yes! He loved yellow, did good Vincent...When the two of us were together in Arles, both of us insane, and constantly at war over beautiful colors, I adored red; where could I find a perfect vermilion?
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The Obama administration would say that if you are a Catholic institution, you can only limit your conscience waivers or exclusions to people of the Catholic Church. That would mean that Catholic institutions couldn't treat people of other religions, and that makes no sense.
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We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community.
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But I also hope it shows to anyone else in that situation that you have to hang in there… Hang in there because there is a light at the end of the tunnel – no matter how small that light may look from where you are. Things do change no matter how dark a place you are in… it really does change eventually.
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I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.
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I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
