Edward Hopper Quotes
on the question 'Why selecting certain subjects over others': I do not exactly know, unless it is that I believe them his chosen subjects to be the best mediums for a synthesis of my inner experience.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives.
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When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
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I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.
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on the question 'Why selecting certain subjects over others': I do not exactly know, unless it is that I believe them his chosen subjects to be the best mediums for a synthesis of my inner experience.
