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Albert Camus Quotes

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960

Topics

Painting Like Your Paintings

I still like to get carried away - but passively.

Away Get Still Like Carried

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Work Know Always False Because How

I'm rarely in a position where I can actually answer my phone without being rude to someone else. Sometimes I look back and realize it's been weeks since I've actually been alone. With texting, I can at least get a sense of what's going on without interrupting what I'm doing.

Alone Someone Doing Look Back Phone

There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on me so early in life. I already had my core when I left my little town in Texas.

Life Me Texas Tradition Long Early

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.

Song American Appreciated Beatles

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

Goals I Am Control You Career Mercy

'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity.

Miroslav Lajcak

Respect Peace Small Rich Rules Poor

It was 1939. There was no money or jobs around. I did my parents a favor and joined the Navy.

Money Parents Navy Favor Did Around

Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.

Life Good Training Looking Thinking

I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'

Men Thought Someone Mad Saw Stuff

We need to make sure we have in every school teachers trained and qualified to make sure every child, including children with different learning styles, succeed.

Learning Children School Child Need

When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist.

Myself People Me You Artist Create

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