Elaine de Kooning Quotes
A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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You are repetitious and stupid.
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The guns are turning away from Europe and Russia and Iran and Iraq and they're turning to us.
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The debt limits have to come down. The whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country is concerned. We have to create jobs and we have to create them rapidly because if we don't things are just going to head in a direction that's going to be almost impossible to recover from.
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The truth is I was nicely brought up and taught not to show my rage even though it was building up inside.
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Go ahead and have the Kit Kat at the movies. If you don't satisfy an urge sometimes, you often substitute less-satisfying things and end up eating more.
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I'm never sloppy, and I never wear jeans. I don't work one look in particular, but it's usually retro - I'm a flea-market freak. And detailed - I'm always very done, even at the gym.
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I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western.
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Growing up, I didn't think it would be possible to be an actress - I didn't see a lot of Latina faces on TV or in movies. But that didn't stop me from trying. I realized early that anything I really wanted was worth working for.
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I made the intentional choice to step behind the camera.
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To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
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The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.
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I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each book, but for me, writing has always been a very character-driven process.
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It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.
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A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.
