Beilby Porteus Quotes
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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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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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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I was afraid of Korean food when I moved to L.A., let alone sushi. I remember thinking either sink or swim. Living here in Studio City, Ventura Blvd. is the Mecca of sushi restaurants. What you thought was so exotic is just run of the mill.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner.
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If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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It is easy to take away the world that we think is so permanent and reliable.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.
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I'm more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live.
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Thinking in time is not relativism but a form of relationalism... the truest description of something consists of specifying its relationships to other parts of the system it is part of.
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War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.
