Wangechi Mutu Quotes

Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but also the biggest consumer in the world. Which means that a lot of things get used, a lot of things get wasted, and a lot of things get churned out in ways that are wasteful.

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• I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • People
  • Myself
  • Optimist

• There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Pain
  • Gratitude
  • Revenge

• 2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.

  

  Baldwin Spencer
  • Promise
  • Number
  • Transform

• In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Business
  • You
  • Waiting

• I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • May
  • Want
  • Language

• Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Purpose
  • Used
  • Market

• We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Movies

• My life was pretty rough.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • My Life

• At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

  

  Andre Boucourechliev
  • Competition

• Everybody should work in their nation's capitol and see how politics actually work because it was the most eye opening experience of my life.

  

  Jake Tapper
  • Life
  • Work
  • Experience

• There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

  

  Kevin Bacon

• I didn't go to film school. I had been an actor in movies, I had been in plays, and then I just sort of jumped into it.

  

  Christopher Guest
  • School

• I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

  

  Jessica Savitch

• I've had a lot of careers in my life. When I think about it, I think every piece of that - from being a nurse, a farmer, dealing with real estate - has added to a skill set that I would have been able to use throughout my political career.

  

  Patty Judge
  • Life
  • Real
  • Career

• Buying food from farmers and people that I know adds that human element that I love.

  

  Alex Guarnaschelli
  • People
  • Food

• We have to get out there and explain that imperfect tastes just as good.

  

  Alex Guarnaschelli
  • Good

• When it comes to being confused about what to do about life, that's been me and will always be me.

  

  James L. Brooks
  • Life
  • Confused

• When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way.

  

  Bob Ainsworth
  • Action
  • Party

• The spirit of the age is: Ask not what your country can do for you, demand it.

  

  Mark Steyn
  • Country
  • Age
  • Spirit

• In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Work
  • Age
  • Culture

• Once a teen has been identified as part of the 'target market,' he knows he's done for. The object of the game is to confound the marketers, and keep one's own, authentic culture from showing up at the shopping mall as a prepackaged corporate product.

  

  Douglas Rushkoff
  • Up
  • Done
  • Game

• In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell.

  

  Jeff Lemire
  • Culture
  • City

• In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last.

  

  Sandy Koufax
  • Guy
  • Nice
  • Mean

• Everything is deeply affected by the dominant culture. Consumerism is huge in the US. This is by far the wealthiest [nation], but also the biggest consumer in the world. Which means that a lot of things get used, a lot of things get wasted, and a lot of things get churned out in ways that are wasteful.

  

  Wangechi Mutu
  • Culture
  • Mean
  • Affected