Barnett Newman Quotes
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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We were descended from royalty.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I like more of the club mentality, where we're playing, and if we feel like we want to play a cover, we'll switch to that.
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We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes that are sucking our blood.
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There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed.
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I think grieving is the same for everybody that lost someone you love deeply. It's the same. You know, you're really no different than anybody else who's lost somebody they adored.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
