Glenn Ligon Quotes

'A Small Band' was commissioned for the facade of the Central Pavilion at the Fifty-Sixth Venice Biennale in 2013.

Glenn Ligon

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SmallBandVeniceFacadeCentral

What's interesting about the fans is, fans are very fickle. They all have their own opinion.

Joe Russo

OpinionInterestingOwnFansFickle

If you are a human being in modern society on planet Earth, you need money to do pretty much everything, especially to grow into a more expansive version of yourself.

Jen Sincero

MoneyYourselfSocietyGrowYou

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Andrew Carnegie

MenLineStuckChosenWhoOne Line

I want to win a world title for sure. When I'm a little bit older, I'll have a lot of time to free-surf in my life. So I would love to win a world title.

John John Florence

LifeLoveTimeWinWorldMy Life

I've always treated the music business as a business.

Simon Cowell

BusinessMusicAlwaysMusic Business

Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News' haven't changed their style over the decades, still going for that old-fashioned mix of voice-of-authority pomp and feel-good fluff. The difference is that people aren't watching.

Rob Sheffield

StyleExperiencePeopleWorldNews

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

Mike Rounds

WorkHard WorkFutureSimpleEffort

I have two younger sisters who are 11 years younger than me. So I was an only child for a while.

Lorelei Linklater

ChildMeTwoYearsOnly ChildOnly

There are things you maybe could get by a male drill instructor that a female instructor absolutely is never going to let you get away with. Women are harder on women.

Loretta Reynolds

WomenYouNeverThingsGoingGet

Society can't function without shared prosperity.

Joseph Stiglitz

SocietyProsperityWithoutFunction

If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.

Don King

FaithWaterYouBackBreadCash

A little scruff looks nice, but it feels so uncomfortable. Think about how a guy wants a girl to have smooth legs: It's expected. Shouldn't a guy be expected to do the same on his face? I think that's only fair.

Brooklyn Decker

GirlFaceThinkUncomfortableNice

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