Alfredo Jaar Quotes
Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops there.
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This is part of what's driving me, is this feeling like there's so much yet to be discovered in the oceans, and we're destroying it before we even know what's in it.
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I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'
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I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.
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You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
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We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
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It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
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I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part.
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For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself. From within, I couldn't decide what to do. Unable to see, I heard my name being called. Then I walked outside.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.
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I enjoy playing and singing as much today as I ever did. I don’t have to work, but I do it because it’s rewarding personally. I could live if I couldn’t do it anymore, but I truly enjoy it, and will do it for another couple years at least.
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Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops there.
