Etel Adnan Quotes
Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences.Etel Adnan
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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I love Baltimore and the people who call it home, and I sincerely believe that Maryland's biggest city must serve as the economic and cultural heart of our state.
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Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
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I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good.
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
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I'm not that interested in people.
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It is everybody's wish to work with Mani Ratnam.
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Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
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If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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When I worked in the White House in the 1970s and '80s, I was often stopped within the White House by agents checking my credentials. They were very observant and would stop anyone they didn't recognize.
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I feel that whatever picture an artist makes it is in part a picture of himself - a matter of identity.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences.
Etel Adnan
