Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis Quotes
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
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We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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Charan is very hard-working and non-egoistic, given the family he comes from. He is very open to listening, and he surrenders himself completely to the director. It was lovely to work with an actor like that.
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Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing... you're never going to hit any!
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She had that irony in her eyes. Knowledge without wisdom. Power without purpose. Like me.
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We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests... I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.
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Labor’s message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some.
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We're looking to rebrand L.A. Not in some sort of radical way, but we've forgotten to sell this city, internationally and nationally... it's important for us to say who we are.
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
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I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
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A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.
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I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
