Nina Menkes Quotes
I was never trying to be experimental or anti-anything; I was always trying to be real to things I was feeling.
Quotes to Explore
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I can paint in jail.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.
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I don't consider myself a fashion designer.
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Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
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Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
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While there are worldly singularities, there are Christian and salutary ones, too; and this singularity by which one is differentiated from the crowd who tread the broad path is what constitutes the straight and narrow path of the Gospels. ... Holy things will never be established or reestablished so long as we have this fear of appearing singular.
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'You’re just getting old.' She gave a dramatic sigh. 'Truly, all the more’s the tragedy; the second thing to go is a man’s memory.'
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Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
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Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.
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I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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It used to be that you made an album and then you went on the road to promote that album, hoping for good record sales. Well, good record sales basically don't exist any more, and the emphasis has been more on the live show.
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For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
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The goal of having more and more information is really to better be able to predict what is your health outcome going to be.
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I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.
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I was never trying to be experimental or anti-anything; I was always trying to be real to things I was feeling.
