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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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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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 think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
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But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.
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I studied English at Princeton in the early eighties in what I consider a period of high obscurity. Professors and students ran around discussing the work of critics and philosophers that I doubt they'd read or understood.
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In any story, drama may be intensified by the characters realizing by how narrow a margin they had managed to succeed - that is, where coincidence played a role. This is one of the more realistic ways to use coincidence because rarely do we realize how important a coincidental event is until after the fact.
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I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown away by it. It was one of the most memorable experiences I definitely ever had in the theater.
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My work is received more intelligently in Europe.
