Odd Nerdrum Quotes
To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work as old-fashioned. It does not have a frame of actuality in our time or locality.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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Baseball gets better for whatever reason.
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I wanna say thank you cause: Makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder. makes me that much wiser. so thanks for making me a fighter!
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I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.
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In the case of Orlando and me, we're just being ourselves. I think that's important. Regardless, we're going to have fun and we're going to be entertaining. We're very lucky to be doing what we're doing. I think it's definitely going to create a relaxed atmosphere.
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To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work as old-fashioned. It does not have a frame of actuality in our time or locality.
