Marilyn Minter Quotes
I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn't listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can't listen to people now when they tell me I'm the bomb, even though I want to.
Quotes to Explore
-
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
-
I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
-
When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
-
I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.
-
I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow.
-
Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
-
Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can't take it seriously at all.
-
I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.
-
But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.
-
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
-
When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
-
In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.
-
The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.
-
My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
-
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
-
In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.
-
A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.
-
I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
-
Usually, so far as improvement in the people's economic conditions is concerned, humanitarians simply play the role of the busybody.
-
I think it's an important thing, if you grew up in a neighbourhood that's different from the rest of the world, to remember what was different about your place and keep that in your heart, because that's what made you.
-
I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.
-
For me, I just want to continue telling stories - whether it's musically or theatrically, this is what I love to do. So, I want to create more.
-
Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.
-
I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn't listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can't listen to people now when they tell me I'm the bomb, even though I want to.
