Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I like rap. I like anything with soul. I like anything you can feel, anything that makes you think that the artist had to make that song, or they were going to go crazy.
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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills.
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Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
