Amy Sherald Quotes
Becoming an artist is not empirical; it's not about hard work. You have to put the work in, but that doesn't mean you're going to make it.
Quotes to Explore
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We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could fool around, and drama was it because we'd do improvs, beating each other up. They left a year later, and I stayed in and got a knack for it, and enjoyed the whole process.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.
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I don't think people like to read about themselves or about others as they really are. It would be too horrifying.
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Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is different from anyone else: We all lose loved ones; we all face our own death.
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You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!
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Becoming an artist is not empirical; it's not about hard work. You have to put the work in, but that doesn't mean you're going to make it.
