Barbara Hepworth Quotes
Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
Quotes to Explore
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.
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I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.
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Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph.
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When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works.
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If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.
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A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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Sometimes I draw blanks.
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If you're a young person, like I used to be and you're at home and you're being called weird or different, I'm here to tell you your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
