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Thomas Hoving Quotes

No matter how hard I tried to popularize, I never cheapened a great work of art.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: January 15, 1931 - December 10, 2009

Topics

Work Great Art Matter Never Hard

Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur.

Growth Art Minority Only Margins

Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree.

Life Tree Man Lust Know Up

Why movie and dance critics are taking 'The Company' seriously, I can't imagine. Are they impressed by Altman's reputation and naive sincerity? By the fluid semi-documentary approach?

Robert Gottlieb

Dance Reputation Seriously Why Naive

I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past. I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier. If it's well written, it allows your imagination to run wild and draw inspiration from that.

Good Job Imagination Past Think You

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.

Best Hate Job Me Next Anything

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

Man Finance Financial Know Finally

During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.

People Listening Writing Someone

In theory, I always think I should totally go back to school, because I don't want to start sinking slowly... I want to learn, blah blah blah. Then I think about actually going and sitting in classes and, man, it sounds terrible.

Man School Start Think Learn Back

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.

Simple Tax Bank Savings Act Earned

As a global community, we have to start thinking more seriously about whether there are limits to what our earth can bear and if we're willing to cope with the struggle for limited resources, which only seem to increase as our population does.

Christy Turlington

Community Struggle Start Thinking

They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.

Childhood End You Artist Create Say

If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.

Team Doing Trying Want Playing Your

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