Marina Abramovic Quotes
In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.
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I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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I would bump A Tribe Called Quest in my car all day.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.
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At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.
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Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.
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I spent one semester in Air Force ROTC, as I wanted to be a pilot.
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In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.
