Dan Flavin Quotes
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
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I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
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Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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I've written a very long piece of music recently, the 'Veil of the Temple,' which lasts about seven hours. It's really a kind of vigil. It takes place during the night, waiting for the resurrection of Christ.
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
