Art Spiegelman Quotes
What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half.
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I can clap with one hand.
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The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.
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My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.
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Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
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I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience.
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No matter what went down, music was always going to be a part of my life. What ultimately happened is that, over a period of time, I just kind of looked around and when like, 'Wow! I'm actually making a living doing this.'
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I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
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I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street.
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Everybody takes at least 20, so even if you see a good selfie, it probably wasn't the first one. So my tip is to just not take it too seriously and have fun.
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I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.
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You know, I Google search my own name because I'm so self-obsessed!
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Right now we are being given the experience we need to raise our consciousness.
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Our party needs the youth but the youth also need the parties to help them organise. Neither will succeed in overthrowing this regime without the other. We don't want the international community to label our revolution an Islamic one.
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The softer you sing, the louder you're heard.
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If rational thought thinks itself out to a conclusion, it arrives at something non-rational which, nevertheless, is a necessity of thought. This is the paradox which dominates our spiritual life. If we try to get on without this non-rational element, there result views of the world and of life which have neither vitality nor value.
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Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
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You need to be growing and getting better, and in L.A., it's so hard to get bookings. You literally have to pay clubs to book you. It's pay to play, and then you only get 30 minutes. That's no way to get good.
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Fear is the wrong response to technological unemployment. Focusing on economic flexibility and adaptability - with special attention to eliminating the barriers we've accidentally created to the mobility of the working classes - is the right response to technological disruption.
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Gun violence in Chicago is unacceptable. It threatens everything we have done together and all of the progress we have made in other areas.
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A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.
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A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.
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Fourteen heart attacks and he had to die in my week. In MY week.
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What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half.
