Gary Hume Quotes
I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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To be honest, I grew up with Alan Menken's music.
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I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
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I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.
