Wangechi Mutu Quotes
In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of fashion magazines, out of The Economist, out of Time. I'm making a sketch, but I'm using the existing images that have been put out in the world.Wangechi Mutu
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
Larry Flynt -
If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
Usher -
Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
Edmund Hillary -
I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
Valerie Plame -
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Pablo Picasso -
I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.
Jackie DeShannon
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All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son of God through whom alone the Father can be known, approached, and served. He is the appointed Mediator between God and man through whom alone we can be reconciled with God, pardoned, justified, and saved.
J. C. Ryle -
People like to see showdowns.
Usain Bolt -
The right reading for this is the one I'm giving.
Orson Welles -
'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
Edward Abbey -
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
Benjamin Harrison -
I'm spending nights just dreaming / And playing the music loud / They're banging on the ceiling / They're praying that I'll soon be out.
Kim Wilde
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My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
Billy Childish -
I loved old movies as a kid, so I always watched old movies.
Keith David -
My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the meetings in the U.N. security council, the allegations about weapons of mass destruction, the martial language of Tony Blair and George W. Bush - all suggested a war was brewing.
Luke Harding -
To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.
Ed Kowalczyk -
Perhaps the CDC should quit spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening, and massage therapy and direct that money to where it's appropriate in protecting the health of the American people.
Cory Gardner -
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Ann Landers
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Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.
George Clooney -
Toastmasters changed my life. They really did. Put me on the stage. I don’t know what I would have done without that positive boost.
Chris Matthews -
I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form... But I never want it to take over my acting.
Lupita Nyong'o -
I think with each record, I don't know ... they're like burdens.
Matt Shultz Cage the Elephant -
In most cases I start off with a sketch. But I'm also thinking about real images: out of National Geographic, out of fashion magazines, out of The Economist, out of Time. I'm making a sketch, but I'm using the existing images that have been put out in the world.
Wangechi Mutu