Tom Wesselmann Quotes
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For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.
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Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
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Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.
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It took a lot of time to find my stride, and it was really humbling.
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True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.
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The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something.
