Ralph Gibson Quotes
Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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My computer background is a black and white picture I took of the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
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I like sex. I've had feedback but men will feed you back anything, won't they?
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I work through teams. It's the only way I know how to work.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
