Lincoln Kirstein Quotes
The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naive, and superficial.
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The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
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I am a pop culture person. And car people have clearly contributed to pop culture, which is how I knew about purple French tail lights and 30-inch fins without exactly knowing what they were.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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Extremism is always potentially dangerous, but in Hungary's political reality, Jobbik and the other far-right parties have no chance of having a major influence.
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We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.
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I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.
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My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely.
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I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress like Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction because I thought he was cool. You just want to be those guys when you're that age.
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because re-writing seems to be mostly about craft, and writing is just, like, getting out your passion on a piece of paper.
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At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.
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'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible.
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As you keep moving forward, you can stay upright even when outside forces try to pull you down.
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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The candid camera is the greatest liar in the photographic family.... It is anarchic, naive, and superficial.
