I had to leave some traces. In the beginning, I would give complete instructions to the photographer. In the '70s, people would… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
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I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Walt had a seat-of-the-pants approach on what he wanted musically. We kind of 'read' the boss and had a very high batting… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
The queen was my favorite chess piece. Unlike the women I knew in real life, she was powerful. Her job was to… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
If you have goals and the stick-with-it-ness to make things happen, people will feel threatened by you, especially if your goals don’t… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure;… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is a reason that there is no fool piece on the chessboard. What action, a fool? What strategy, a fool?… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Of the many 'firsts' with which I have been involved at the Texas Heart Institute —including the first successful human heart transplant… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Every trend in my high school was terrible! I used to wear my hair in a tight bun and let two long… — India de Beaufort Copy Share Image
It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an… — Ernst Lubitsch Copy Share Image
That there is a continuous link from humans to gorillas, with the intermediate species merely long dead, is beyond the understanding of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines… — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices… — Trevor Treharne Copy Share Image
Packing is basically: If you're going on a weekend, then just take what you're really going to wear. And how many times… — Rachel Zoe Copy Share Image
I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
As with any art, you create it [drumming] out of something that isn't there. It's very architectural. It's the architecture of whatever… — Max Weinberg Copy Share Image
To the grumbler who complains about the unfairness of the market system only one piece of advice can be given: If you… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The truth be told, the World Trade Center was neither a very good work of architecture nor a very successful piece of… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the forts and collecting the revenue,I… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
During the 1970s and 1980s, the popular television soap opera As The World Turns portrayed sunrise during the opening credits and sunset… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I also thought the music was a huge contribution, in terms of creating the scale of that. And, I was impressed with… — James Frain Copy Share Image
I decided to make myself a little less precious with my storytelling. I think you can see from the first three pieces… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is a common experience that attempts to solve just one piece of a problem first, then others, and so on, lead… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
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