Rashid Johnson Quotes

I wanted my art to deal with very formal concerns and to deal with very material concerns, and to deal with antecedents and art history, which for me go very far beyond just the influence of African-American artists.

Rashid Johnson

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HistoryArtMeInfluenceGoBeyond

The world's longest-serving dictator has just stepped down and handed over power. The national project of Cuba, which was Fidel's vision, is now finished. It's something - a small something, but still something.

Joe Garcia

PowerVisionWorldSmallDownCuba

I wish more Americans would travel here. I always encourage my friends: 'Travel. See the Middle East. There's so much to see, so many good people.' And it's vice versa, and it helps stop problems of misunderstanding and stereotypes from happening.

Maz Jobrani

GoodTravelPeopleProblemsWish

My mom always liked the idea of us acting - me and my sister - like, one of us trying it. But my dad always thought it was a joke.

Matt Prokop

MeMomSisterThoughtTryingActing

Love is going to be experienced so many different ways by so many different people, and that's what makes it so special and unique, and that doesn't necessarily have to be classified by a type of person.

Angourie Rice

LoveLove IsPeopleUniquePerson

To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

Shiv Nadar

BalanceFoundationPhilanthropyUs

My grandmother grew up in a 19th-century world, and my daughter has grown up in a 21st-century world, and some issues, problems, dilemmas that these women face have not changed.

Tommy Lee Jones

WomenDaughterWorldProblemsFace

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

Rudy Rucker

ProcessRulesComputation

We did not pay for favors.

Jay Y. Lee

PayFavorsDid

When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was happy staying in that mode. It was more chordal based and more lyric driven. I enjoyed not making riff-based songs built around a guitar idea.

Chris Cornell

DogHappyWritingGuitarTemple

I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.

Chrissie Hynde

PainMy OwnOwnGetMindfulToo

I'm still ambivalent about Hollywood. I think that's why I made 'Star 80.' To deal with the ambivalence. I really wanted to succeed Gene Kelly, and I thought it was a fair bet.

Bob Fosse

SucceedThinkThoughtHollywoodWhy

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

Arden Myrin

CharacterYouGoActorOutThings

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