Black Francis Quotes
As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar to making music to me now, at least as far as my brain is concerned.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve so much more, at unmatched scale with software and interactive learning.
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If any Republican nominee wants to run on the idea that borrowing money and printing it up and sending it to foreign countries that often hate us and burn our flag and think it's a good idea, feel free to run on that issue. But it's not really popular with the people.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Just the idea of seeing a type of narrative we've not seen before is a chance to be surprised.
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An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
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All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth.
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The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.
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As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar to making music to me now, at least as far as my brain is concerned.
