Carter Ratcliff Quotes
What is art?... From a strictly logical point of view, a question with no clear answer comes under the suspicion of being meaningless. But a strictly logical point of view never shows us much about art...
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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That's what technology does to you - makes you lazy but allows you to innovate.
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I invented animals and birds – I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.
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I'm a pretty big news junkie.
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I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.
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I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.
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I don't take a scene or word for granted.
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I think the big thing is you really have one chance to do this... to play hockey for a living, you have one chance at your career, and you have to take full advantage of it.
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People usually spend the first two months playing themselves up, not really being themselves. You waste those two months - and then they tell you, 'You're not who I was dating the first month!'
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Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fantasy surrounding military violence.
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It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative partnership, which is also conducive to regional peace, stability and development.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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I didn't go to the cinema a lot when I was young.
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Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
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It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.
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Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.
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What is art?... From a strictly logical point of view, a question with no clear answer comes under the suspicion of being meaningless. But a strictly logical point of view never shows us much about art...
