R. B. Kitaj Quotes
Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
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Governments spend all their time trying to get big companies to relocate their headquarters, and they end up subsidizing the move with tax breaks. And companies that relocate their headquarters are often not meaningful job creators.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet would I look at anything in my life in any less-than-stellar way?
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I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand there and do their bits; I break every rule in creation. If there's a rule that can be broken in stand-up, I'll do it.
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The people run the country. So if people didn't want you shooting in their neighborhood, there's no authority that can tell them they have to. That's why it's called the People's Republic of China.
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Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
