Anni Albers Quotes
Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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Working with special needs children is hard.
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Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
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Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
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I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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A faultless person is one who withdraws from affairs. This must be done with strength.
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I hate the whole concept of the clog! It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable!
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I spent the first 16 years of my life in Scotland. My whole family is there. It's in my blood and informs my sense of humour, my point of view, the people I choose to spend time with, everything.
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Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials.
