Otto Dix Quotes
All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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Angela Merkel puts Germany first.
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I write novels and other things.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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I think my mom drove by a nuclear power plant when she was pregnant. But I wouldn't be in 'The Station Agent' if she hadn't.
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The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.
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There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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I say this about everything: when I was on 'Neighbours,' I said, 'These are the best years of my life!' When I was filming 'The Wolf Of Wall Street,' I said, 'These are the best months of my life!' I always think I'm having the best time ever, and that I'll never have so much fun again.
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Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
