Bruce Nauman Quotes

And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things.

Bruce Nauman

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FatherLieThoughtsHurtToolsDown

You need to be able to sit down and talk to your children.

Jim Kelly

ChildrenYouDownTalkNeedSit

I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.

Jesse Andrews

Growing UpGrowingNothingWayUp

You can't just take care of everybody else all the time.

Maura Tierney

TimeCareTake CareYouTakeJust

I was really overwhelmed by the amount of roles that I got offered that were carbon copies of what I did in 'Up in the Air.' I got every offer for every ambitious, unfeeling practically robotic character.

Anna Kendrick

CharacterOverwhelmedAirUpOffer

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

Matt Roper

HopeBeautifulMeVintageHellLong

We cannot have this porous border, where people come in and out; we don't know who they are.

Matt Rosendale

PeopleBorderKnowOutWhereCome

I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded.

Robert Boswell

LifePeopleFairDecentWouldWho

The Trade Center itself held - and holds - a special place, I think, in the hearts and minds of people in law enforcement - the fact that it did not fall in 1993. Ramzi Yousef's goal was to topple the Twin Towers into each other so that more people died than had died at Hiroshima.

Mary Jo White

PeopleLawLaw EnforcementThink

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.

Dolly Parton

PositiveEvilNegativeThinkYou

It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses.

Clay Shirky

PositiveSocietyRevolutionThink

I've mellowed quite quickly.

Colin Baker

QuiteQuickly

What we perceive as a failure may simply be our inner being's way of telling us that we are ready to move to a new level of growth.

Anne Wilson Schaef

FailureGrowthReadyNewWayMay

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