Nan Goldin Quotes
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.
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I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.
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In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today.
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I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
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My brother was listening to his transistor radio. He kept switching the earpiece from one ear to the other, which I thought was his idea of a joke. 'You can't do that,' I said. 'You can only hear out of one ear.' 'No, I can hear out of both,' he answered. And that was how I discovered I was deaf in my right ear.
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My work is received more intelligently in Europe.
