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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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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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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One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.
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On our earth we can only love withsuffering and through suffering.
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I watched 'Alien,' and I watched 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' the Swedish version. I watched the original 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' and I watched the Jessica Biel version and watched Jessica's performance.
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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.
