Jasper Johns Quotes

My experience of life is that it's very fragmented; certain kinds of things happen, and in another place, a different kind of thing occurs. I would like my work to have some vivid indication of those differences.

Jasper Johns

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There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a flick, there are maybe two things you're trying to put into that flick. You can put the other things in another time.

Jim Brown

TimeTryingYouRightEverything

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

Jill Scott

LoveRelationshipGovernmentBelieve

My sister and I are really close. She's my little sister.

Jenny Han

SisterSheLittleCloseReally

I think that's a responsibility I have, to not leave the listener with complete dread or depressing, dark thoughts, but to leave a little door open so that you can dance your way out if you want to.

Jens Lekman

ResponsibilityDanceDoorThoughts

As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference to the inhumanity of people. There were questions that I did not know how to ask but could, in my young, unsophisticated way, articulate a series of answers.

John Henrik Clarke

FamilySonPeopleAmericanQuestions

You get to a certain age, and you learn what looks good on you.

Michael Bastian

GoodAgeLearnYouLooksGet

It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, like Long Beach, it was just crazy and so much fun. I felt like I lived all those moments in the movie.

John Robinson

OpportunityBeachFunCrazyWorld

Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world.

Tu Youyou

DreamsWorldDoingHelpSomething

To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough.

Rupert Everett

BraveEnoughPersonJumpSpecialUs

I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age.

Mary Berry

AgeColdThinkShortLegsAct

I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.

Minnie Pearl

LoveThinkLovedWhyHimFans

All of the people I have lost against, I always want to fight again.

Mirko Cro Cop

FightPeopleLostWantAlwaysAgain

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