Ed Benguiat Quotes
The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
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I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it now.
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My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films.
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You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.
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I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.
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The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that I get or a lot of readers, which I was lucky enough to get with 'Olive.' I feel responsible to them, to deliver something as truthful and straight as I can.
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I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.
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Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.
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Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?
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The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.
