Doug Aitken Quotes

The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it's not a sonnet, it's not an opera, it's something short - three and a half minutes by nature - and has this ability to travel and to defy class and economic structures.

Doug Aitken

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NatureTravelSongShortPerfect

In my mind, scatological writing is a core of the English canon.

Jenny Zhang

MindWritingCoreEnglishCanon

Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.

Anand Mahindra

LifeBestJoyPeoplePowerfulWay

For American foreign aid to become more effective, it must embrace the power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage the abundant resources that can come from the private sector.

Mitt Romney

NaturePowerFreePartnershipsMore

I'm lucky enough to be with someone, and I am happy.

Johnny Knoxville

I AmHappySomeoneEnoughI Am Happy

For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

KingLovedAmericanHimUpGuy

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I AmSelfishYearWhiteMiracles

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

Anne Archer

ChancePersonWillActGetHappiest

Do whatever you want to do in the privacy of your own home.

Willie Geist

HomeYouPrivacyWantWhateverOwn

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because it's scary.

Tyler Farr

MusicMomentThinkArtistScary

I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment.

Timothy Olyphant

MomentHandsYouI CanKnowComing

I often set two alarm clocks because I'm afraid the first one won't actually make me get up.

Kurt Andersen

MeFirstTwoAfraidUpGet

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Henry Ford

LifeMoneyMoreCapitalUseHighest

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