Florentijn Hofman Quotes
That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I like things simple.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I am a just man.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
