Ed Askew Quotes
My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game.
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You know what would be a fun game? If Pac-Man was on a beach, and he was chomping coconuts. You could see how tan you could get your Pac-Man.
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I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.
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I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
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If I have to choose between an omnipotent God who leaves the world in this condition, and a God who has only a little bit of power but really cares and tries to make things better, I'll take you every time. Go on playing God, Hyrum. You're not bad at it. Sometimes you kind of get it right.
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Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.
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If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different,' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.
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If cryonics were a scam it would have far better marketing and be far more popular.
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I have been left-wing always, from childhood.
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For girls, something that accentuates the curves looks sexy. It can be a dress, it can be jeans, it can be a tank top, who cares!
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Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
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I love to draw, so I really want to go and study art. I've never done things for me. I've always done things for my career or for my family.
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My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.
