Arnold Friberg Quotes
I am doing what I want to do - painting pictures people want and understand. I have no burning ambition to create the kind of 'art' which the confused critics praise for its 'plastic significance,' 'fluid lines,' and 'inner awareness,' or 'must be understood on three levels.
Quotes to Explore
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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you like. How can you make a song that Yo-Landi Visser likes? You don't know me. You'll never understand me.
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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We want laws to be applied predictably.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
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We do not want to alienate supporters.
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One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
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I like the guys who wrote their own stuff and were able to perform it, like Seth Rogen. He popped off so young. When he did 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' and he was a co-producer on the movie, I was like, 'Oh my God: that's exactly what I want to do.'
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I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.
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I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.
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I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
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When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
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I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
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By the age of 24, I found myself convicted in prison in Egypt, being blacklisted from three countries in the world for attempting to overthrow their governments, being subjected to torture in Egyptian jails, and sentenced to five years as a prisoner of conscience.
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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I am doing what I want to do - painting pictures people want and understand. I have no burning ambition to create the kind of 'art' which the confused critics praise for its 'plastic significance,' 'fluid lines,' and 'inner awareness,' or 'must be understood on three levels.
