Kiki Smith Quotes

Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.

Kiki Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 18, 1954

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I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive.

Jo Brand

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More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

Robert Orben

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Katya and I, as a yin and a yang, we pretty much represent the entire, full gambit of talent, you know? Together, there's not really much we can't do.

Trixie Mattel

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Executives must place a priority on wellbeing if they want to attract the right people, keep their best people, and drive their company's financial performance.

Tom Rath

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Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.

Tom Hanks

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The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects.

Rosa DeLauro

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I just want to tell a good story, so I always ask myself, 'Are these people real to me?'

Ruth Rendell

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When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself.

Joshua Cohen

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I answer number one to myself, because I know myself. I answer to my fans, because they know me. My mother knows me and God knows me, and that's where it's at.

Dick Dale

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I come from a very humble background. My father had to work really hard to become an assistant director. For a large part of his youth, he worked in a mill and took up odd jobs to make ends meet. We lived in a small room and could only afford a meal a day.

Dhanush

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The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

Dean Ween

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