Theo Jansen Quotes

I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don't have to eat... eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.

Theo Jansen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: March 14, 1948

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My grandmother was divorced, and she had 10 children herself. She never finished high school. She started selling lace on the side of the road and then grew that into a multimillion-dollar business - a retail store selling mostly furniture and appliances.

Ann-Marie Campbell

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Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.

Angela Davis

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I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

Amanda Donohoe

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The House of Representatives provides a special, nonpartisan staff of lawyers, called Legislative Counsel, who are experts in various areas of the law.

Jared Polis

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But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

Jonathan Coe

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I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off.

Donald E. Westlake

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There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Christina Aguilera

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I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

Bob Edwards

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I did four independent films during the break between 'Twilight' and 'New Moon.' I haven't even really had time to sit back and process it all. But when you do finally sit back and think about it, it's incredible.

Ashley Greene

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I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

Ashley Tisdale

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Obviously, the bulk of my Nike shares have been set up in a trust.

Phil Knight

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My politics of optimism and hope still casts its lot with the Democrats - in the optimistic hope that the dying embers of its status as the party of our better angels, one that took risks for social justice, can still be fanned into a flame. But I'm an old man, born in 1969.

Rick Perlstein

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