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Cornelia Parker Quotes

I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.

Cornelia Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: english
Birth: 1956

Topics

Freedom Art Money Out Sanity Make

You don't get rewarded for taking risk; you get rewarded for buying cheap assets. And if the assets you bought got pushed up in price simply because they were risky, then you are not going to be rewarded for taking a risk; you are going to be punished for it.

Jeremy Grantham

You Price Risk Cheap Up Buying

I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.

Life Music Dark Way Always Take

I am a stepmother to the fullest extent.

I Am Fullest Stepmother Am Extent

The goal of all life is death.

Life Death Goal

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.

Good School Painting Thought Drawing

I don't like to go to premieres or openings. I don't like to have to put on makeup.

Rosie O'Donnell

Makeup Go Like Put Openings

When I retired, I was at an in-between age. I wasn't a child anymore, I wasn't really a woman yet, and they weren't really writing scripts for that age.

Age Woman Child Writing In-Between

The biggest shock was the first fight. I didn't know what to expect. I fought Fujita. At that time, he was one of the most dangerous PRIDE fighters. He was a complete beast and with 130 kilograms of pure muscle.

Time Fight Pride Dangerous Know

I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't for the use of steroids - I'm not saying steroids is for everyone, but in my case in general, if I have not used steroids, I mean, physically right now I'd probably be a wreck.

Saying Believe Problems Back Now

For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men!

Men Man Kiss Seem Awful Straight

It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East.

Hat Support America Know Leverage

One of my favorite songs from the album is a song called 'For Better or Worse,' and it's basically about unconditional love, which is, I'd say, an ongoing theme in my personal life.

Life Love Song Better Say Personal

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