Beatrice Wood Quotes
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
Quotes to Explore
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.
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I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say 'no' to other people with a clear conscience.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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The endearing elegance of female friendship.
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I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.
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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
