Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
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You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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I was brought up in a very rural area on grounds of a castle. It was a working farm, and I even remember the local shepherd wearing his Barbour jacket.
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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I think it is the ability to tackle difficult problems in a sort of stable and supportive environment. I think that is the real key to it.
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Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?
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The Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism has two outstanding characteristics. One is its class nature: it openly avows that dialectical materialism is in the service of the proletariat. The other is its practicality: it emphasizes the dependence of theory on practice, emphasizes that theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.
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As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in.
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'Safe Harbor' is a state of mind... it's the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.
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Honestly, the only way Garden State could have been better was if I played every character. I'm awesome.
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No one since the Garden of Eden - which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office - has imputed to politicians great purity of motive.
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I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'
