Erik Madigan Heck Quotes
My work is never just fashion, landscape, or portraiture; it's always kind of an odd mixture of everything. I like muddling it together.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I just want to do my job.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.
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When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.
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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
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Now therefore while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fires, Now let us sport us while we may, And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
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When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.
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At the Cruiserweight Classic finale, I said... I don't know if people had looked it up, or if they had heard it before, but it was an old Zen proverb. 'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood, carry water.' It can be interpreted a lot of ways, but for the most part it's about staying in the moment.
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Queen Latifah used to help me out with my kids, because while we were all out on tour - Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Heavy D - when Public Enemy went onstage, I didn't have anybody solid to watch my kids. So, Latifah would help me out.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Friends can have different dreams and do different things.
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My work is never just fashion, landscape, or portraiture; it's always kind of an odd mixture of everything. I like muddling it together.
