Hans Hofmann Quotes
Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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At the lowest cognitive level, they are processes of experiencing, or, to speak more generally, processes of intuiting that grasp the object in the original.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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If significant amounts of time go by without suspenseful action - which is often most powerfully motivated by backstory - the story loses momentum, and readers lose interest.
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The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.
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I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
