Black Francis Quotes
When you're a creative person and you create art with other people, whether you're married to them or not, you're going to run into creative conflicts. If you're a couple, certain inhibitions and barriers are gone. I have those barriers with other people, but I don't have them with my wife.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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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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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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History develops, art stands still.
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For members of the Democratic Party, and progressives all over the world, it is difficult to overstate or hyperbolize the despair and dread that has descended upon them in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump.
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
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As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.
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I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.
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What is significant in one's own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.
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When you're a creative person and you create art with other people, whether you're married to them or not, you're going to run into creative conflicts. If you're a couple, certain inhibitions and barriers are gone. I have those barriers with other people, but I don't have them with my wife.
