Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes
When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.
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I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.
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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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Death is better than slavery.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.
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I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha.
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Harry constantly repeated Dumbledore's final words to himself. "I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. ... Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. "But what good were these words? Who exactly were they supposed to ask for help, when everyone was just as confused and scared as they were?
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The show has become my therapy.
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Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
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It sounds bad, but they don't care about your age if you're famous.
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When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.
