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I was at Pepperdine University in Malibu, and during my sophomore year, I played a dying burn victim on 'ER.' The makeup… — Eric Christian Olsen Copy Share Image
I think an online presence is super important. I find new artists and songs I like on socials or Spotify. It's really… — Kim Petras Copy Share Image
I have never cared very deeply about the actual taste of my work. Let its essential odor satisfy my mind and senses,… — Elinor Wylie Copy Share Image
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Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and… — Brad Henry Copy Share Image
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“If debates about beauty in nineteenth-century France were fierce, that was because beauty was seen to matter. This was a world of… — Elizabeth Prettejohn Copy Share Image
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I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal,… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
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My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
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The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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