Amy Sillman Quotes
That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore.
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
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How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?
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When I was eighteen, River Phoenix was far and away my hero. Think of all those early great performances - My Own Private Idaho. Stand by Me. I always wanted to meet him. One night, I was at this Halloween party, and he passed me. He was beyond pale - he looked white. Before I got a chance to say hello, he was gone, driving off to the Viper Room, where he fell over and died. That's a lesson.
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What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
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Liberal gardeners are people who feel that, through gardening, we can alleviate our sense of alienation from nature; and that, through good gardening, we can repair some of the damage we have done to our environment. The most extreme liberals believe that there is an original or a natural state in which the environment would be if we hadn't shown up on the scene, and that we have not only the ability but also a moral imperative to help nature return to this state.
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That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore.
