El Lissitzky Quotes
Art can no longer be merely a mirror, it must act as the organizer of the people's consciousness... No form of representation is so readily comprehensible to the masses as photography.
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Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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If I don't have room for an item, I put it in warehouses.
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Before, boxing was something that I did. Now, boxing is who I am.
Mandy Bujold -
I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
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A lot of comedians are selfish.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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'You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.'
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A blatant Bassarid of Boston, a rampant Maenad of Massachusetts.
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Forget the press - just being a partner of somebody who's very, very famous, it's hard to keep your center and your personality intact.
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I work out all the time, but because it's good for my mental state.
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Democratic strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
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Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.
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A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.
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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
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It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.
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The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.
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I always liked photography in film - I studied photography growing up. I like the medium of film; I like physically holding 35-mm film. I like the way it looks, the quality when it's projected. I like the way it frames real life.
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Art can no longer be merely a mirror, it must act as the organizer of the people's consciousness... No form of representation is so readily comprehensible to the masses as photography.
