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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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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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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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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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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Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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I was only a young girl of 13 when my father passed away from a sudden heart attack, leaving us unprepared to take on life without him. We had been protected from life's challenges so far. But without warning, all that changed overnight.
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I love 'Breaking Bad,' and the fact that my friend Aaron Paul is in it makes it all the more special to watch.
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For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be.
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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.
