Marina Abramovic Quotes

My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.'

Marina Abramovic

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: serbian
  • Birth: November 30, 1946

Topics

AmericanPhoneSaidMoviesSheSame

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

Jim Goad

HumorPeopleThinkSense Of Humor

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

John Hurt

BusinessPeopleYouI CanTellGet

I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping - insurance agencies, nonprofits - and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn't even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest.

Amy Chozick

JobMeGreenNameInsuranceBack

You don't often get a choice in who your enemies are, who you're friends with, what your situation is, and the environment you're placed in. You just have to make do with what you have.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

FriendsEnvironmentYouChoiceGet

I was a feral child. Always on the go. My mother used to sew bells into my dresses so they would know where I was.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

MotherChildGoKnowDressesAlways

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'

Roy Blount, Jr.

TimeBetterFindI CanSaidSay

I didn't really experience any hardship like people tend to think of when they hear the words 'Detroit, Michigan.' I think Big Sean is a much better ambassador for the city.

Mike Posner

ExperienceWordsPeopleCityBetter

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

Mike Leigh

ThinkSophisticatedI ThinkCinematic

When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable.

Michel Hazanavicius

BelieveStoryThinkYouWillTell

An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It's a nice thing to collect because you can't go after them, you just come upon them. In 25 years I've only found about 12.

Miranda July

BookYouGoNiceYearsJust

It was really like waking up one morning and going, Wow, I enjoy being with this person more than anybody else in my life, and it just turned out to be mutual.

Brian Austin Green

LifeMorningMy LifeEnjoyPerson

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

Wyclef Jean

ImpossibleArtistHip-HopPieceBob

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