Bruce Nauman Quotes

I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.

Bruce Nauman

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It seems disrespectful to my parents who left... to hear their story over and over again which always ends with... 'and I'll never go back as long as anyone in the Castro family is in power.' Well, what happens if you can go back? Would you want to see things?

Jennine Capó Crucet

FamilyPowerParentsStoryLongYou

I just feel, in life, I'm searching for something I can rely on, something that's constant and something that's going to guide me through. And I felt that the Northern Star is a very beautiful image of that.

Melanie Chisholm

LifeBeautifulMeFeelI CanImage

I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into the classroom. I am persuaded that since language is alive, much of the challenge has already been met by the poets and novelists we read.

Michael Cadnum

ChallengeCreativeI AmPractice

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself.

Simone Elkeles

LoveHeartMyselfWantTouchWrite

They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices.

Toshihiko Fukui

ChangesIncompleteEconomicJapan

I have a grandson who's both really interested in art and all things mechanical, so I think he'll get a huge kick out of 'Apollo 13' someday. And I think my granddaughters will enjoy 'Splash.'

Ron Howard

ArtThinkEnjoyWillOutMechanical

There are metaphysical problems, problems of human existence, that philosophy has never known how to grasp in all their concreteness and that only the novel can seize.

Milan Kundera

ProblemsPhilosophySeizeNeverOnly

My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my parents had completely different ways of knowing and understanding the world, and relating to it. My father approached things through scientific inquiry and exploration, while my mother experienced things through her emotions and senses.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

FatherMotherParentsWorldEmotions

Burgers and fries are an American staple. On the same token, my kids eat vegetables, and they always have eaten vegetables. They didn't have a choice but to eat vegetables.

Don Thompson

AmericanChoiceVegetablesSameEat

Everybody else has the same 24 hours, but I'm going to make the most of my 24 hours.

Bobby Lashley

SameGoingMake24 HoursHoursMost

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

Britt Ekland

LifeWomenMy LifeDaysKeepLike

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Phyllis McGinley

PoetryReadingAustraliaPastime

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