Rirkrit Tiravanija Quotes
One gets wrapped up in reacting to one's own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
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Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.
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I think I've definitely found a niche working in comedy, but dramatic films are what brought me here. After I saw 'Titanic' in the theater, I got the bug.
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Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits.
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I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.
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If you live my life for one day, you'll find it extremely hectic and boring.
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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.
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Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give them up. Devote yourself, heart and soul, to His will; and see if you do not "know of the doctrine.
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What better portrait of a writer than to show a man who has been bewitched by books?
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Education begins at the level of the learner.
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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
