Peter Doig Quotes
I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.
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I would love to go help baby sea turtles back into the ocean after hatching in Mexico.
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President Obama has contempt for real money.
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When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.
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Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.
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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.
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You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.
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For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
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I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.
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Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
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Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts - so they can spend more later.
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The start-up life kept me busy and surfaced the problem of not being able to stay on top of my personal finances, which led me to invent Mint.com. I was working 80-hour weeks, and had done enough preliminary work and research to know I had a big idea: To make money management effortless and automated.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.
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I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.
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Use your time well. Everyone gets time equally. It doesn't matter how much money you make.
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Without God, there could be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first-the most basic-expression of Americanism. Thus the Founding Fathers saw it, and thus, with God's help, it will continue to be.
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Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.
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I never thought about branding when we were starting our production company.
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I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.
