Judy Chicago (Judith Sylvia Cohen) Quotes
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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You can't write a story about a mental hospital in the United States without facing the grand example of 'Cuckoo's Nest.'
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At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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I get up every single day trying to repay a debt that I can never repay. Never. And I will work hard. Because I don't know why I was saved. I don't know.
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I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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I am married.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
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'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Humankind is an insignificant part of existence.
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I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.
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The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or color.
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Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that.
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You become the movie you are making.
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I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.
