Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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People trash talk me.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I actually hate shopping.
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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.
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Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.
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I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.
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The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and impossible to tell.
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No secret that I enjoy motor sports and cars in particular, building cars, building custom cars. Part of that scene. I love the flow of the cars and I love the art part of them. I love the sleekness and the uniqueness of each car that you can dream up.
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I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.
