Studs Terkel Quotes
Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.
Studs Terkel
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
Wallace Shawn
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
W. Somerset Maugham
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
Talulah Riley
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
Tamsin Egerton
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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
Ralph Merkle
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I really believe in empty spaces, although, as an artist, I make a lot of junk. Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it. An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
Andy Warhol
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How come "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
Ziggy Marley
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No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen.
Courtney Milan
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Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.
Martin Scorsese
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Whether it's a pebble in a riverbed or a soaring mountain peak, I see everything in the world as the handiwork of the Lord. When I paint, I try to represent the beauty of God's creation in my art. Many modern painters see the world as a jumble of random lines and shapes with no divine beauty or order, and their works reflect their viewpoint. Because I see God's peacefulness, serenity, and contentment, I work to capture those feelings on the canvas. My vision of God defines my vision of the world.
Thomas Kinkade
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Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.
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