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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I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy literary editor on the 'New Statesman.' I remember thinking, 'That's perfect.' It was three days a week, and I had children, but I could make that work - so I applied for it and got it.
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A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
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That's what I play - blue-collar Italian-Americans. You got to be typecast in order to work. I've been blessed.
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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.
