Cornelia Parker Quotes

I think design means, for me, almost when man, back in time, decided to do something conscious. You know... to shape something and make something different from just using things that were lying around. So whoever designed the wheel were onto a good thing.

Cornelia Parker

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GoodTimeManMeThinkDesign

Chaos is the natural state, and theater tries to make sense of it, but it's got to be a little messy to be believable.

John Cameron Mitchell

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Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.

Matthew Hale

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I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

Tony Benn

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I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

Tom Paulin

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I'm terrible on the phone. I just text my friends and family and say, 'Hey, I'm in town.'

Michelle Yeoh

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I feel that if I retire today, I've done enough. I've achieved everything in comedy... I feel I don't need anything else. It's already built.

Lisa Lampanelli

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If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.

Annaleigh Ashford

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Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.

Sheena Easton

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I've never used chat-up lines; I don't have the gift of the gab.

Ricky Whittle

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If a child from an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe comes to Boston, is raised in Boston, that child will be indistinguishable in language capacities from my children growing up here, and vice versa.

Noam Chomsky

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A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Richard Bach

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My PSA was normal but the DRE indicated there may be a problem.

Len Dawson

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