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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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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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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'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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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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My mother had a wall of degrees in our house, and she would walk me up to the wall and say, 'When you have this many degrees, you can tell me what to do.'
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I think the emotional appeal of a platform is what works. I think the old-media entities still have not figured out that part of the game plan.
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You will always need more capital than you think, because it will always take you longer to reach profitability than you can imagine.
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I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'
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I was the guy on the swim team entertaining the bus on the way to the meets.
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Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.
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With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!
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I went to Mongolia many years ago and it was so incredible.
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For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence.
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I've always wanted to be the biggest real estate man to come down the pike.
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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.
