Lisa Hanawalt Quotes
I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and I feel so lucky.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
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All of us grow.
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When we come to poetry, we can't fancy a more poverty stricken predicament.
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The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.
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When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.
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Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.
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I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.
