M.I.A. Quotes
As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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Novels are longer than life.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be ending up. I hope this term 'street artist' falls from the face of the earth, in my honest opinion.
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I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.
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Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
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I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.
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My hands are already full writing and directing, because that's a full time job. Actually, that's why I don't produce as well, as there's already enough producers.
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I can't play a character that I am judging.
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A lot of people just ask me about how I can do small budgets and big budgets, but many actors do both. I think the more self-destructive impulse I have is doing so many different characters.
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As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
