Cornelia Parker Quotes

Our cultural industries are our biggest export, our biggest manufacturing base. Every pound spent on art education brings disproportionately large returns. It's the biggest bang for our buck. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In fact, the more you put in, the greater the successes for the U.K. economy.

Cornelia Parker

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EducationArtYouManufacturingFix

My sister was an actress when I was a kid - she still is a successful stage actress in Sweden.

Joel Kinnaman

SisterSheKidStageSuccessful

To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two hour movie, you're inventing a world, you're inventing characters. If they're interesting enough, they should be compelling enough to go for five more episodes. How incredibly frustrating would it be to just do one movie?

Melissa Rosenberg

TimeCreativeMeChallengesWorld

When we have agencies like EPA shutting down businesses, I don't trust them at all.

Robert J. Bentley

TrustDownLikeThemEPAShutting

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.

Jeff Buckley

FatherMeFameAnonymityHeHis

I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a big mass. You remember the costumes because you remember how you felt - that Western I did with Kevin Costner where I wore the big hat and the two guns, I remember that.

Michael Gambon

HatRememberYouGoDoneBig

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

Amos Lee

TimePeopleThinkUnderstandingBig

Before SpaceX, no space company was worth a second meeting.

Steve Jurvetson

SpaceWorthMeetingCompanySecond

He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home.

Stijn Streuvels

HomeStepSlowNowhereWanderingHe

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

Matt Bomer

Comfort ZoneYouComfortAlwaysTake

I was a mechanic at a go-cart place, a deejay at a roller rink, a telemarketer in New York, a grocery bagger.

Michael Rosenbaum

New YorkMechanicPlaceNewGrocery

If there is evidence that an employee has broken the law, caused harm to veterans, or have violated the public trust, they should be terminated immediately. Instead, due to overly cumbersome and lengthy arbitrations as well as extensive bureaucratic red tape, VA has not been able to remove employees as quickly as we would have liked.

David Shulkin

TrustBrokenRedLawEmployeesWell

I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged.

David Slade

LearnDoingSameOverBeingBecause

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