Agnes Martin Quotes
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Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'
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I like to mix pieces in my art direction from the '60s or the '40s and the '90s and present-day stuff. To me, that feels very real. When I go into people's houses, it's not all today.
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I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
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Even people who feel perfectly comfortable investing in the stock market and owning their own homes often have qualms about individual medical accounts or Social Security private accounts.
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I'm like a crockpot on low heat. My mind constantly comes up with ideas, but I abandon a lot of them after a week or two. It's the ones that keep coming to me, that keep picking up flavors, that haunt me, those are the ones that wind up getting written.
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Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.
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When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
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Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.
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In Ireland here, the Revenue Commission have always been completely independent of the state since 1923, and they are quite adamant and quite clear that there was no preferential treatment and no special deals, no sweetheart deals, and that Apple paid the taxes that were due on their profits generated here in this country.
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Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.
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I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or 'incentives' for skill.
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Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.
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Bring ice, thanks, Agnes
