Dana Schutz Quotes
That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential to proper cognitive development.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
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I love to write down things I notice about people or things I've overheard people saying that are interesting. I love people-watching, and I love taking the time to notice the small things.
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After 2000 or so, I started to realize I wanted to be doing something else. I didn't want to be in front of a camera. I was frustrated. I didn't think I would stop acting, but I didn't want to be seen.
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I wrote 'My Name is Red' just to remember painting, where the hand does it before the intellect. When I'm captive to it, I'm a happier person. Kierkegaard tells us that a happy person is someone who lives in the present; the unhappy person, someone who lives either in the past or the future.
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The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.
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It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.
