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Glenn Ligon Quotes

I'm interested in when language fails, when it is opaque.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1960

Topics

Language Interested Opaque Fails

Our first two records are a lot quieter and more studio-based. We kind of had this feeling like we wanted to make a more quote-unquote 'rock' record. Then Patrick joined and really brought a new Herculean power to the band.

Power Feeling New Kind Rock First

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

World Action Believe Problems Planet

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.

Good Me Loved Cartoon Dragons

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

Melanie Laurent

Crazy Lady Old Cat

The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat.

Robert Jay Lifton

Medicine Kind Air Force Never Air

Everything always interests me.

Me Always Everything Interests

You grow up in a small community, there's no outlet like New York or L.A.

Community New York Small Grow You

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

Love Music People World You Why

I don't have small goals; I just have goals, and it's, one, stay healthy; and two, have a very successful career.

Demetrious Johnson

Goals Small Career Healthy Two Stay

I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and I played a Jewish kid who offered himself as a slave to two Columbia University students as reparations.

David Steinberg

Job Play First Kid Jewish Slave

Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

Christina Ricci

Childhood Magic Back Bring Us Books

The single biggest lesson I learned was when a hire isn't working out fire them fast. My biggest mistakes, and where I've seen the worst results, were when I gave someone too many chances, or let a situation drift on for too long because I couldn't bring myself to terminate it.

Myself Fire Mistakes Someone Long

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