Chantal Joffe Quotes
I really love painting women. Their bodies, their clothes - it all interests me, whereas men really don't that much, in a way.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Evil report carries further than any applause.
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I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.
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I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.
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Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.
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It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.
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There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money.
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Waking among the dead, one wondered if one was still alive. And yet real despair only seized us later. Afterwards. As we emerged from the nightmare and began to search for meaning.
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In South Africa, where HIV-positive children are often shunned, we have an HIV-positive Muppet to teach children to be friendly with children with HIV. But they use local actors. And it's not always a street. Sometimes it's 'Sesame Plaza,' or 'Sesame Tree.'
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I stay in contact with my castmates from 'Atlanta' almost every day.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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Writing a screenplay is daunting for sure, but I think that Hollywood needs them, so if you can manage to do that, there's certainly a value within it.
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There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.
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I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal.
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Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'
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I personally am thrilled at the numbers of people, and particularly young people who are coming to support Bernie Sanders campaign. I hope that I will be able to earn their support. They may not support me now, but I support them and we'll work together.
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When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and girls-type causes I was involved in.
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At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship.
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In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.
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There's not a lot of room for thinking in popular culture; there's not a lot of room for being conflicted.
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I really love painting women. Their bodies, their clothes - it all interests me, whereas men really don't that much, in a way.
