Esther Renay Dean (Ester Dean) Quotes
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
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I toured a lot in the U.K. and Europe solo for a lack of funds, really. I left people I'd been playing with for years at home, just because I couldn't afford it.
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The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.
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It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement.
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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive.
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I accept there are people out there who don't like me. I don't like them.
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Immigration is the ultimate entrepreneurship.
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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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There are very few things in the body that nitric oxide doesn't regulate.
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No day is alike, nor should it be.
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Normally my problem is that I'm too inquisitive and want to do everything.
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Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!
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A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles.
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'American Idol,' for me, is fizzling out. They can't package me, man... I'm an artist that's created this concept but used the 'American Idol' machine as a marketing tool.
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Nowhere does one come to know an artist better than in his prints and the woodcut is the most graphic of the print processes.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.
