Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.
Harland Williams -
The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.
Gabourey Sidibe -
When you do a lot of acting your entire life, you see the entire set from one point of view. To have a chance to step back and pull it all together is really exciting. You want to do it all; you want to have a hand in everything.
Danica McKellar -
Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
Daniel Barenboim
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Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality.
Victoria de los Angeles -
I suppose the worst case scenario is that people will get to the point where they can't actually afford to make what they want to make creatively. The industry is collapsing.
Kate Bush -
The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.
Rainn Wilson -
I love Paul Rudd.
Adam McKay -
I went through a soul-searching period. I went to a place that was a little bit more reflective and dark. I began to look at who I am, who I was, where I come from, what my culture is, and who I am as an African-American person in America.
Usher -
First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.
Karen DeCrow
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How short life is for fools.
Orson Scott Card -
The fear was all he had left, but even that was something-he was afraid, so he must be alive! There was darkness, but there was Simon, too! There were not one and the same. Not yet. Not quite...
Tad Williams -
We are the boysThat fear no noiseWhere the thundering cannons roar.
Oliver Goldsmith -
And three lucky stones strung on a wire to keep the house safe.
Annie Proulx -
I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.
Eleanor Roosevelt -
My wife, Katey Sagal, has transformed herself from a sitcom cartoon to a dramatic powerhouse.
Kurt Sutter
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The way it works in Hollywood is that if you're hot it doesn't matter if you're right for the part or not, you're just offered it.
Elizabeth McGovern -
Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.
Melanie Klein -
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.
Ed Koch -
What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a few friends and you need someone-not to take care of you, but to care for you. If you have all those things, you'll always be alright.
Brian Morton -
Nothing. Jail is about nothing. Completely blank.
Ai Weiwei