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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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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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 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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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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I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I mostly wrote funny stuff instead of writing what I was supposed to be writing.
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It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills.
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That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.
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People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next.
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Hopefully there will be a day when all comedy is all robots.
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I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.
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As an artist, I have to be the ambassador of everything.
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Never shall my sad eyes again behold Those pleasures which my thoughts did then unfold.
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Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor. (translated by Thornton)
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The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families.
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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.
