Raymond Pettibon Quotes
I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures. There's no reason to abide by them. I don't have any vested interest in it.Raymond Pettibon Black Flag
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
Ma Jian -
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.
Ian MacKaye -
I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
Felix Dennis -
What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
Natasha Richardson -
We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.
Jacob deGrom
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
Edgar Ramirez -
One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
Ban Ki-moon -
I have no literary fears.
Carlos Fuentes -
What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.
Pablo Picasso -
I strongly believe that the Legislature should not be interfering in private medical decisions.
Maggie Hassan -
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
Maddie Ziegler -
We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.
Dan Pallotta -
Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion.
Aaron Sorkin -
Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.
Taylor Swift -
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
Yahoo Serious -
I can have an androgynous quality.
Lara Stone
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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
Manuel Puig -
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
George Bernard Shaw -
The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
Keanu Reeves -
There are self-made millionaires - their aspiration is first to make money. But the once that goal is achieved, they have to look for something and sometimes they become patrons of art or museums. And that is how the world should go.
Tadao Ando -
Your physical, mental and intellectual resources - continually growing and changing - are your personal capital.
Brian Tracy -
I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures. There's no reason to abide by them. I don't have any vested interest in it.
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag