Annette Messager Quotes
At first, I felt proud when someone said 'Your work looks like a man did it.' Then I realized that was stupid.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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I don't do meetings.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
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I like to have sleepovers.
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I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.
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If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.
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Democratic socialism means that our government does everything it can to create a full employment economy.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service ... build ... work ... dream ... create! Do this and you’ll find there is no limit
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At first, I felt proud when someone said 'Your work looks like a man did it.' Then I realized that was stupid.
