Richard MacDonald Quotes
At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.
Quotes to Explore
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According to the perverse aesthetics of artistic guilty pleasure, certain books and movies are so bad - so crudely conceived, despicably motivated and atrociously executed - that they're actually rather good.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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Frankie Muniz is amazing at everything he does. Many people don't know that he can play the piano like you wouldn't believe, and he can bowl and play basketball like you wouldn't believe.
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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.
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I'm really sarcastic. Not Morgan Webb sarcastic. She's dry, 100%. I'm different from her.
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I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good. That's beautiful. That's enough.
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You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.
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Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.
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Sometimes in life, there are no second chances
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[I want to] refuting the whole idea that there is only one way to look; that women have to be so skinny to look good; that they have to be 12 years old and wearing clothes that only women in their 30s and 40s can afford.
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Life without emotions is like an engine without fuel.
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I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both.
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Our position is very clear that the Ulster freedom fighters will not address the issue of decommissioning till such times as the IRA make their moves first
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He who knows himself to be profound endeavors to be clear; he who would like to appear profound to the crowd endeavors to be obscure.
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For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.
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Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.
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I always say that candy is the perfect studio food - it keeps your energy going.
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Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than being... and consumerism is hardly the sin of the rich. The poor, driven by discontent and envy, may be as consumed by what they do not have as the rich are consumed by what they do have. The question is not, certainly not most importantly, a question about economics. It is first and foremost a cultural and moral problem requiring a cultural and moral remedy.
