Cornelia Parker Quotes

I had two great art teachers at school, but even they tried to tell me it was too hard a world. But that made being an artist even more attractive.

Cornelia Parker

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GreatArtSchoolMeWorldArtist

The fans were so psyched that someone was doing a movie about a Boston fan that they were giving their all.

Jimmy Fallon

GivingSomeoneDoingBostonFans

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'

Joan Rivers

HomeHellHouseMother-In-LawSaid

I'd rather be a great mom than a sexy model.

Jennifer Flavin

GreatMomSexyModelRatherThan

As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it.

Andris Nelsons

TrumpetPlayingTechnicalPlayer

It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

Maya Lin

TimeWarVeteransNamesIndividual

Shoes and clothing damage our ability to survive naked in the wilderness.

Steve Mann

ShoesSurviveWildernessNakedOur

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

Mary Ellen Mark

WorkWishI WishHimFavoriteCould

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

Jean de la Bruyere

ManPeopleMasterSlaveMayUseful

The good thing about songwriting is you don't have to delineate between what's true and what's fiction; records aren't put on the shelf that way. Books are, movies are, but records aren't.

Jason Isbell

GoodYouMoviesTrueWayFiction

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Denzel Washington

Growing UpGrowingMoviesUpWatch

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

Demetri Martin

HistoryGovernmentCollegeStudent

As the leader, you're empowering talent. Once you've given the direction, it's a joy to see it put into action, to see people on every level of the company carrying out the strategy.

Denise Morrison

LeaderTalentJoyPeopleActionYou

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