Marina Abramovic Quotes
People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.
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It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.
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I am attracted to myths.
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I have a lot of fans, but a lot of people don't know who I am.
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People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.
