Amanda Lindhout Quotes
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
W. H. Auden -
The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
Safra A. Catz -
I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
Ad Reinhardt -
I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.
Fernando Botero -
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
Jack Prelutsky
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
F. Sionil Jose -
It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.
Viktor Orban -
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
Lance Loud -
I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
Danica McKellar -
My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
Zara Phillips -
The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
Baz Luhrmann
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I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my sisters, and I know the anger that she went through.
Nate Robinson -
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Dan Rather -
Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse.
Gail Collins -
I want to be Kanye and do what he does musically. I'm very fearless.
Bebe Rexha -
If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.
Karen Black -
I always had an interest in telling stories.
Omari Hardwick
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If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.
Gary Player -
The function of the lawyer is to preserve a sceptical relativism in a society hell-bent for absolutes. The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell there will be nothing but law and due process will be meticulously observed.
Lawyer -
The superheroes have taken over all the screens in the world. And good luck to them: they're making a lot of money for a lot of people. But the studios are going to become victims of their own success. People are going to get bored with that stuff.
Liam Cunningham -
When it comes to owning the seed for collecting royalties, the GMO companies say, 'it's mine.' But when it comes to contamination, cross-pollination, health problems, the response is we're not liable.
Vandana Shiva -
It would be most satisfactory if physics and psyche could be seen as complementary aspects of the same reality.
Wolfgang Paul -
I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.
Amanda Lindhout