Carrie Mae Weems Quotes
It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge - to take the personal risk of exposing my own body in a certain kind of way. I can't ask anybody else to do something that I don't do first myself.
Quotes to Explore
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul.
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This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
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Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.
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For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.
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But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ.
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Art is thought, and thought only gives the world an appearance of order to anyone weak enough to be convinced by its show.
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I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.
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Silence is refreshment for the soul.
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It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge - to take the personal risk of exposing my own body in a certain kind of way. I can't ask anybody else to do something that I don't do first myself.
