Thomas Kinkade Quotes
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.
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Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on.
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It feels amazing to inspire little kids to want to do gymnastics and have fun with it.
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I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called.
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was in school.
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I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.
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The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
