Carrie Mae Weems Quotes
How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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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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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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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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We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
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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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When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.
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I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives.
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It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'
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I have this theory that I hold on to, the theory that everything great in art and in life in general is jazz. It's just like all these things that just kind of seem to fall into place. You know, like mistakes that somehow turn into something beautiful.
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Here, in low earth orbit, we're going around the earth, so we can actually use an Internet protocol phone because we have the appropriate satellites that can get those bandwidths.
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You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.
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Even before the season starts, the fans look at the dates for the Madrid derbies. They all want to be there; they're big games.
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It takes me ages to write stuff.
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I wasted most of my 20s being so frustrated I forgot to have fun. I was so concentrated on one thing - 'Must make movie.'
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I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
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Sometimes, men just need a little push. Men won't always be like, 'You are so beautiful. You look great today.' And sometimes women want to hear that.
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How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way.
