Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes
I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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The original Grand Tour would generally begin in Belgium or the Netherlands before moving through Paris, Geneva, Spain, Italy, and perhaps Greece.
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There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.
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One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.
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If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.
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You can either look at your career as the things you're going to leave behind, and they have to be executed flawlessly and you have to know exactly what it is that you're doing. Or you can be realistic about the fact that you're going to learn as you practice what you do.
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The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.
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I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
