Van Cliburn Quotes
An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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I lived on nothing for years - squatted where I lived and where I worked, stole electricity, made things from stuff I found in skips, used paper that had been discarded - you do everything you can do to keep going and not have to get a job.
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I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.
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I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.
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Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.
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Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.
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Stories create stories, create stories, create stories, or nothing gets done.
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An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
