Arthur Erickson Quotes
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.
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With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.
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Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other.
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Let’s say this together: 'Great me no greats', and leave this grading to posterity.
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We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
