Rashid Johnson Quotes
The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.
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Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
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Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky.
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When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.
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Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic.
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The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
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It's easy to just write about love, because everyone can relate, but I like variety.
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I'm not even really attempting to brand myself outside of 'Humans of New York.' I think part of the reason for my success is that I've put my ego aside and said I'm not going to put all of my effort into trying to promote myself. I'm going to try to promote my work and am going to try to promote my project.
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I'm a dancer so anything related to dance I love to do. I also tried Zumba last week. That thing is tough! 15 minutes in I was going for a water break. It wasn't easy!
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I think the one I'm most proud of as a songwriter is 'Breaking Your Heart' because it was just a different style for me. It was very - I feel like it was very old-timey Patsy Cline. It's got a very '50s feel to it, and I pushed myself to write those lyrics very intimately with my co-writer Ted Bruner.
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I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
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Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good.
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Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.
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Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.
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We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
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I was never particularly wild, just very busy and often didn't think about what I was putting into my body. Today things are very different. I stopped smoking in my late 30s; I avoid wheat and gluten as this makes me feel bloated and sluggish; exercise regularly and bounce out of bed.
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I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.
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Nature will not let us stay in any one place for too long. She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul. This is a wise provision, for should we stay there too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible. Nature demands change in order that we may advance.
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I'm working on a new creator-owned series for Vertigo called 'The Discipline.'
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The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share.
