Marina Abramovic Quotes
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PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.
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I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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In nerve-free multicellular organisms, the relationships of the cells to each other can only be of a chemical nature. In multicellular organisms with nerve systems, the nerve cells only represent cells like any others, but they have extensions suited to the purpose which they serve, namely the nerves.
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We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.
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The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.
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I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
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I can be shy, but I'm not shy with my body. Everyone is naked under their clothes - so what?
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I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
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When I hear from people who are struggling to put food on the table, I understand because I've been there.
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There's a burden of responsibility for me to show up correct - in my head, if I don't do it right, then I'll get shut out, and then other trans women of color will be shut out.
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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.
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I've been pretty fortunate.
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Artists can do whatever they want!
