Joseph Conrad Quotes
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like 'The Day After Tomorrow' where I walk across country to find my family. That would be the kind of person I would be. I feel like I wouldn't be as scared. If it happens, it happens. You face it.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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I was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, when Egypt's state security was rounding people up in unprecedented numbers.
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'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.
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Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
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Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
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I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.
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I still love 'All Right Now,' strangely enough. But then that's probably because I didn't play it for some twenty years.
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By the end of the first month of the 1995 session, each senator will have made more money than any person who works 40 hours a week at minimum wage for the entire year.
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For most developers, that kind of situation – a player figuring out how to do something that the designer didn't intend – to most developers, that's a bug. For me, that's a celebration.
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Any experience of a girl picking out her wedding dress is amazing, but I have to say it was really special to work with David's dad, to see him in action with his team.
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
