Carrie Mae Weems Quotes
How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.
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I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
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If I change in any way, I'm not going to be the same player.
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Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.
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Go on, have a pasty," said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with. It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all Harry's pasties, cakes, and candies (the sandwiches lay forgotten).
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You can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.
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There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.
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How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way.
