Wolf Kahn Quotes
There are many prejudices about art, and first among them is that it is a skill and that there are definite rules.
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I sometimes feel that the world is a very uncivilised place where it is meant to be at its most civilised. Where it's meant to be intellectual or artistic or compassionate, it isn't, and that makes me very angry.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
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I just like doing silly girly things. If I wrap a gift, I like to use specials ribbon and hot glue, silk flowers and things.
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By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.
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I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.
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I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
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When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.
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To be happy is not the purpose of our being rather it is to deserve happiness.
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As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.
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People who underestimate their capabilities also bear costs, although, as already noted, these are more likely to take self-limiting rather than aversive forms. By failing to cultivate personal potentialities and constricting their activities, such persons cut themselves off from many rewarding experiences. Should they attempt tasks having evaluative significance, they create internal obstacles to effective performance by approaching them with unnerving self-doubts.
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The worst thing was having to go to school on days "Mensch, Pia!" would be on TV in the evening. My classmates made fun of me.
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Racial prejudice boils down to the deeply anti-American message that some people are born to fail.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow.
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That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.
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I lump Canada and the States together. I like good old North American boys.
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There are many prejudices about art, and first among them is that it is a skill and that there are definite rules.
