Marilyn Minter Quotes
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
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I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this business. I'm sick to death of people mentioning it.
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As a child, I studied violin. My sister, who's 10 years older, was the actress in the family. I was painfully shy.
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So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
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Josephine Baker is such an iconic woman that once you've touched her and she has touched you, it never goes away. I'm stuck with her. I'm sure 50 years from now, when they write my obituary, they will mention that I played Josephine Baker. It'll be on my epitaph.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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The thing with me is if I feel disrespected I won't hesitate to fight. But it takes a lot to make me feel disrespected.
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Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare.
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The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
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Art about art and backstory has taken over visual pleasure.
