Max Jacob Quotes
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.
Quotes to Explore
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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Funny is an attitude.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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I'm proud of my sexuality.
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When I was nine, we moved to Stanford University in San Francisco so that my father could do a Ph.D. I went to Terman Junior High in Palo Alto. It was terrible, because my hormones were all over the place, and I became an ugly adolescent full of rage and loathing.
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Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell when it isn't working - it's horrible, and you desperately try to figure out how to make it connect.
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Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.
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Few people in contemporary art demonstrate much curiosity. The majority spend their days blathering on, rather than trying to work out why one artist is more interesting than another, or why one picture works and another doesn't.
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What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.
