Ben Shahn Quotes
I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.
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To me, 'Underground Luxury' is kinda like a contrasting title, and the reason for that is because on this album I plan on introducing to people and reintroducing to people the side of me that they didn't see on the first album.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
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People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
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When a song wants to be written, it will be written.
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There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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I don't think there's an option for me to fall in love slowly or at medium speed. I either do, or I don't.
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I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?
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Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.
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Death is final. No it is not just final, it's worse than that, it's diminishing: the dead continue to decrease, to occupy less space.
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And so the administration, I think, has said to the American people that it is a generational commitment to Iraq.
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I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.
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Personal style says so much about who you are. What you wear can entice different things from within you.
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It's been cool to catch up, but I think I'm done with my exes. To be honest, I went out with flying colors on the majority of them.
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To barbecue is a way of life rather than a desirable method of cooking.
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Take a deep breath. When the game comes, no matter what happens, you can always keep your cool. I'm a bit of a hot head, a bit of a spaz, so it really helps me calm myself down during the game.
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'Mean Girls' stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I've seen it way too many times, and I just think it's the most brilliant thing ever written. I love it so much.
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I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.
