Allan Sekula Quotes
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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Google has been an amazing benefit for our business. People understand the whole world of mapping and want to do more than not get lost. They want to do spatial analytics. It's been fantastic for us.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
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My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell.
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What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.
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America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.
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I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
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I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have nothing to do with freedom.
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I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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I was studying with Peter Carey, Colum McCann; but also, my fellow students were really critical readers for me.
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With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked. In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted. Cause I love to be loved.
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The making of a human likeness on film is a political act.
