Sigmar Polke Quotes
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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.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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Harvard is the home of American ideas.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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Petty laws breed great crimes.
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My mum is from Ghana, and she used to play highlife music in the house, and my dad used to listen to music.
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I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must be wrong. Either the record company doesn't like your music, or you've been dropped. It has to something negative. It's not like you wanted to take a break, or want some balance, or smell the roses.
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Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.
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Always be open to new beginnings. To the universe, every moment is the start of the next big thing in your life.
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I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress.
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One of the symptoms of having a broken-heart is the fact that even ghosts will give up on the hope of scaring you as you have already lived through your worst fear.
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There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.
