James Rosenquist Quotes

I painted billboards above every candy store in Brooklyn.

James Rosenquist

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1933 - March 31, 2017

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As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.

Johannes Tauler

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Metal has its own code of cool, but it's not really trying to be cool. And that was very refreshing to me, that metal is very much about expressing something that seems awesome to you even if, at the time, much of the world was going to mock and reject it.

John Darnielle

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I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit.

Meghan O'Rourke

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I'd be happy if I was part of a Liverpool side that kept winning titles, cups, and made history.

Roberto Firmino

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After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation.

Ron Chernow

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We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.

Martin O'Malley

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It's great that we can, however subtly, offer important lessons through cartoons that it's important to protect the environment.

Michael T. Weiss

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Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

Jose Aldo

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The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Deng Xiaoping

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If you're looking at people like Patrice Lumumba, you are looking at people who had a very definite plan, and events overran them.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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I don't believe in death.

Bob Weir

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I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.

Brooke Shields

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