Jimmy Carter Quotes
The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. But government can provide nourishment to the ground within which these ideas spring forth from the seeds of inspiration within the human mind.
Quotes to Explore
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I like sitting close to windows.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion.
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I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!
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I've been on tour since I was 16, and I always do meet-and-greets before and after shows, so you kind of build these friendships with people. I have girls come up to me and tell me exactly what's going on in their love lives.
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Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
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Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.
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I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.
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If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.
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Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.
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Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.
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Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.
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James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live.
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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
Gail Devers -
The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. But government can provide nourishment to the ground within which these ideas spring forth from the seeds of inspiration within the human mind.
