Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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I got my own sound; nobody sounds like me.
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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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When I was in my mid-20s, running a successful company and clinically depressed, I was afraid to talk to anyone other than my psychiatrist about it. I was ashamed that I was even seeing a psychiatrist.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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I hate the whole concept of the clog! It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable!
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You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan.
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Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.
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I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.
