Alex Katz Quotes
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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The big mathematical challenge for flying robots is making them move in six dimensions: x, y, z, pitch, yaw and roll. We create 3-D obstacle courses in the lab - windows, doors, hula-hoops taped to posts - and ask the robots to fly through. It looks like a Harry Potter Quidditch match.
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I have always liked a challenge.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
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The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.
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Biochemical interactions are very interesting to me.
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Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.
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Nobody is perfect, though. We all want everyone to think we are, but perfection is some crazy mythical state that we can never achieve. It is a goal beyond our grasp, always shifting and changing and taunting us, because it knows...it knows we can never reach it.
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If you write about a process you're about to go through, market research, and you go through it, and it doesn't echo what you've written about, you've failed.
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Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of bananas on a boat.
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What's in front of me is what's most interesting.
