Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
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I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
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I do think Jesus would skip church on Sunday morning and instead visit the nursing homes and retirement homes where so many have abandoned their loved ones.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters interwoven, they do end up together somehow.
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You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.
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Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?
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What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.
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The flip side of humiliation is pride.
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I don't wake up in the morning and think about Franz Kline.
