Walker Evans Quotes
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.
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I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.
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I have a dark sense of humor.
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The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
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I have to clean my room and unload the dishwasher, wash the pans, and feed the dogs.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail!' Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I've ever done in my career, that's the only thing that's perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that's done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!
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The bright incarnate spirit of the Morn.
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I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that's a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players.
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Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
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You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of great strength.” “Strength,” she said with a little laugh. “I gave her strength, and look what she did with it.
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It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.
