Peter Doig Quotes

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

Peter Doig

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ThinkPlaceMoreOutsiderMine

We always hope we can make a movie that will beat America.

Jiang Wen

HopeAmericaWillAlwaysBeatMovie

I am aware how difficult is the task to preserve free institutions over so wide a space and so immense a population, but we are blessed with a Constitution admirably calculated to accomplish it. Its elastic power is unequaled, which is to be attributed to its federal character.

John C. Calhoun

CharacterPowerI AmSpaceBlessed

I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.

Jennifer Coolidge

GoodThinkComedyCareerSerious

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

Andy Rooney

LiveHopeMoneyGovernmentYouWant

Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job.

Tony Visconti

MusicJobMoreDirectorProducer

I'm never quite cool, if you know what I mean. I'm basically the worst, best superhero.

Tom Holland

BestCoolYouKnowWorstNever

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Robert Burton

Old FriendsSmallFriendsBecomeOld

Sometimes my life opened its eyes in the dark. A feeling as if crowds drew through the streets in blindness and anxiety on the way towards a miracle, while I invisibly remain standing.

Tomas Transtromer

LifeEyesMy LifeAnxietyDarkWay

I like horror and sci-fi almost equally, but I watch more sci-fi than horror. Does that mean I like sci-fi more than horror? Maybe.

Michael Rooker

HorrorMoreMeanWatchAlmostLike

We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push.

Louise Wilson

WorkGoodGood WorkBetterPushYou

'Salt' is like this snapshot in midair, an action shot. It's about my relationship with the church, the classical and choral music that I dealt with in school, and my new introduction to jazz. It's very hard for me to listen to from beginning to end, because I hear how lost I was.

Lizz Wright

MusicRelationshipBeginningSchool

Getting to Valle Nevado is half the fun. A serpentine road from Santiago wriggles up the spine of Andean peak for an hour, then traverses a valley and finally up again. The hotel is perched on a rugged mountain crag at 3,000m: no other sign of human development is visible from this spot, which is close to the Argentinean border.

Jonathan Franklin

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