Umberto Boccioni Quotes
While the impressionists make a table to give one particular moment and subordinate the life of the table to its resemblance to this moment, we synthesize every moment (time, place, form, color-tone) and thus build the table.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.
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Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.
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I think teenagers in the States grow up too fast. In Canada, kids are exposed to different things. Like school is very different; it's not nearly as social. Canadian teenagers see it as a much more serious place.
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Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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While the impressionists make a table to give one particular moment and subordinate the life of the table to its resemblance to this moment, we synthesize every moment (time, place, form, color-tone) and thus build the table.
