Alex Katz Quotes
You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive at the same time, it will also provide some satisfaction to the people who demand services for them of the quality they want and also quickly.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.
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If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
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I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.
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I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.
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We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.
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When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.
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The fight scenes are pretty easy and come pretty naturally for me, to be honest.
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I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?'
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Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through activism.
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I think for a long time people just did not know what to do with me. I looked like a Barbie doll and then I had this voice like I spend my life in a bar, and I said things that were alarming and had ideas that didn't make sense.
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You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.
