Marilyn Minter Quotes
I've always worked from images that already exist in our culture, and I just tweak them - I photograph my vision/interpretation of things that already exist, and I take it to the extreme. And then I make paintings or videos.Marilyn Minter
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
Damien Rice -
It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
Vaclav Havel -
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
Magdalena Neuner -
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
Karin Slaughter -
In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
Sam Hunt
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
Sam Rayburn -
Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
Larry David -
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
Fran Lebowitz -
It's understandable why TV hasn't been diverse because a lot of TV writers are white dudes from Harvard. And white dudes from Harvard aren't going to immediately want to write about trans issues. They're not immediately going to want to write about a Filipino family.
Rachel Bloom -
I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
Laura Prepon -
My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
Wallace Shawn
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
F. H. Bradley -
My music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor Stravinsky -
When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
Gary Numan -
Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
Adam Petty -
I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
Tamsin Egerton
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there are more thingstwixt the vermiform appendixand nirvana than are dreamt ofin thy philosophy horatio
Don Marquis -
I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.
Jenson Button -
I think our lives are connected by threads. We're weaving our own quilts as we go along and it has been my experience that there are so many threads that connect people. Invisible threads, strong threads, sparkling threads, but I think there is so much interconnectivity between people and I acknowledge that and I see it all the time. I think some of that is divine.
Kathy Garver -
Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
Xavier Rudd -
Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.
Martin Scorsese -
I've always worked from images that already exist in our culture, and I just tweak them - I photograph my vision/interpretation of things that already exist, and I take it to the extreme. And then I make paintings or videos.
Marilyn Minter