Kara Walker Quotes
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.Kara Walker
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
Patrick Lencioni -
You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
Ed Speleers -
I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
Edmund Hillary -
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Samuel Butler -
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
Federico Fellini
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You want your coach's blessing.
Candace Parker -
The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
Urjit Patel -
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
Nancy Meyers -
Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
Garry Shandling -
Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
Raf Simons -
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
Adam Jones
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
Randeep Hooda -
The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
Nazanin Boniadi -
I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
Orson Welles -
Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
Randi Weingarten -
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
Paloma Faith
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When you sell cars in the U.S., it forces you to be the most competitive.
Anand Mahindra -
In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.
Donald Sadoway -
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
Phil Jackson -
I have never voted a party line. I vote on the individual and the issues.
Walter Cronkite -
I love and respect all religions and philosophies. I see how they get formed, how they grow up, and how powerful they are. But for me to believe in a specific god - no. Because what I believe is that the infinite, the absolute, is a living being and the only one living being that really exists.
Don Miguel Ruiz -
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
Kara Walker