Barbara Kruger Quotes
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
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Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.
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My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
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You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give the OK on some really good music. It was the frustration of being signed to that label. I was depressed.
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
