Kara Walker Quotes
I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
Quotes to Explore
-
Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
-
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
-
There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
-
I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
-
The earth laughs in flowers.
-
Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
-
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
-
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
-
I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
-
Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
-
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
-
If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
-
If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
-
The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
-
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
-
I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
-
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
-
Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
-
When my mum first told me she got sick, I didn't cry. I probably cried over my mum's illness twice.
-
I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.
-
For a really long time, I've been trying to find balance where I can talk about my feelings and be upfront with people, confront issues and not have to beat them to death or ignore them.
-
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
-
I went from the glamour of working with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano to living on an isolated hilltop, with my husband gone most of the time.
-
I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
