James Turrell Quotes

My mother did not have a toaster oven and would toast bread in the oven, which I thought was stupid. They didn't do cars and electricity, that kind of stuff.

James Turrell

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MotherStupidThoughtElectricity

When I see kids who naturally get A's and who naturally score high on tests and the teachers naturally like them because they require the least amount of management - when they come out into the real world, I find they're very poor at getting through obstacles. And life is about solving obstacles.

Jimmy John Liautaud

LifeObstaclesWorldManagementFind

I had a lot of chaos in my very early years before I was old enough to know what was going on, and then I just skated through the rest of my childhood without dealing with it.

Jeremy Sisto

ChildhoodChaosRestEnoughEarly

My father taught me how to hunt.

John David Washington

FatherMeHuntHowTaught

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.

John Cusack

TruthPoliticsDeathMaskFascism

This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.

Meghan O'Rourke

GriefYouComplexityExtremePiece

Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.

Robert Kennedy

ChangeWorldFacePowerfulRelease

My sister was always supportive. When I first moved to L.A., she was like 'I know you can do it!' But my parents, in the beginning, not so much. They were kinda like, 'I'll believe it when I see it.' But when I actually started booking things, my dad was like, 'Oh, I knew it all along.'

Anjelah Johnson

BeginningParentsSisterBelieveYou

Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctioned by its justice and sustained by a virtuous people.

Jefferson Davis

JusticeProgressPeopleObstacles

We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great.

Andy Taylor

LiveGreatBackFocusedSoundGet

I was crazy about martial arts. At the age of three, I started training in karate.

Ritika Singh

AgeTrainingCrazyThreeArtsAbout

I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good.

Judge Reinhold

GoodUpAnythingNoseMaterialPut

The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee.

Dirk Bogarde

TimeBudgetEnjoyActingUnderstand

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