Cy Twombly Quotes
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
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I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions, and they have very strange breeding habits, how do you actually work with these things?
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo.
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I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.
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Nothing is wasted.
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It's hard to know which made me more aware of the impossibility of protecting children - having a child die or having had two live.
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I'm a pretty bookish person.
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That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.
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If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.
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When I work I work very fast, but preparing the work can take any length.
