Chris Ofili Quotes

The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.

Chris Ofili

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 10, 1968

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I'm not the kind of person to jump into a relationship with a guy. I do a lot of figuring out about the person and his background, what he wants, and why he is interested in me.

Sofia Richie

RelationshipMePersonJumpKind

People are so used to eating terrible pancakes, no matter how you mess up, they're going to be great. And if you make fresh orange juice, they'll be over the moon.

Ruth Reichl

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It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

Dolley Madison

HappinessBusinessKnowledgePeople

In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married, the answer lies in large part in the contemporary devaluation of the husband and of the father - of men as men, in other words.

Dennis Prager

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I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.

Douglas Brinkley

BestEnvironmentalGreenThinkYou

I think I approached 'Captain Phillips' as I would any project. I always try to understand the story, characters, and themes as deeply as possible and then work as hard as I can to make those things come to life.

Christopher Rouse

LifeWorkStoryThinkI CanTry

I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to the reader, but also I need clarity.

Claire Messud

ExperienceWorldClarityWillWay

Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.'

Brad Thor

WomenBestMenIntelligenceDoing

We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.

Antony Starr

PeopleChanceThinkRealityDark

I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.

Susan Bysiewicz

LifeWorkHard WorkOpportunityFarm

Maybe it's because I've been an actor for such a long time, but I think, unless you're a big star, you don't really have much control over anything. I've never been able to make any plans.

Peter Capaldi

TimeControlThinkLongYouPlans

From a very young man, I learned the importance of believing in Jesus Christ, and I have all my life.

Rick Scott

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