Mickalene Thomas Quotes

All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.

Mickalene Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 28, 1971

Topics

WorkMyselfMeDoingActingNow

You get this really cool groove when you're playing just piano, bass, and drums where everyone's sort of feeling each other's space, which is the only way to put it, but it really is true, and everyone's sort of sitting in their own pocket. It's kind of jazz-like.

John Darnielle

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'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.

John Milius

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What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.

Robert Gottlieb

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Not saying I was a bad kid, but I had a lot to learn. You've just got to not be impulsive.

Stefon Diggs

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Helping veterans isn't just a part of my job. For me, it's personal. It's in my blood.

Tom Perez

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On film, when you're driving home from the set, you realize what you should have done, but it's too late. When you're taking the subway home from your play, you realize what you did wrong, and you go back the next night and you do it better, or you screw it up again in a different way. It's a different thing altogether.

Michael McKean

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I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some of the epic writers of our country's history, very rarely do you find upper-class royalty. We seem to delve into the struggle of life and the labor of life much more frequently.

Lucas Neff

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As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

Lucy Powell

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I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

Jayne Meadows

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There was a Burger King in Hamilton, N.Y., where Colgate is, that had three sizes: Small, Medium, and Liter. I would go in there and order a large. And they'd say, 'We don't have large; we have liters.' So they'd make us order liters of cola, which I found to be just anti-American.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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To be in 'Vogue' has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation.

Anna Wintour

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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.

Shel Silverstein

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