Andre Dubus III Quotes
I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I always feel I had a very lucky life. For example, I sure didn't want to go in the army: when I was drafted in the Korean War, I wanted to go as a photographer. But luckily, they put me in the infantry - luckily because the official photographer was photographing the medal awarding and all the official situations.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
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I watch vlogs on YouTube. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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People have to find ways of explaining the work.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black.
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Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming ? “In some respects historical research is analogous with that of science. The bringing to light of factual material and the development of ideas is to a large extent cumulative.[…] But when artists themselves were, from about 1910, beginning to tear down the bastions protecting Art in its ivory tower, questioning the idea of Art with a capital ‘A’, photography was inevitably to assume a new stature both in the eyes of artists and the public, too."
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.
