Ben Shahn Quotes

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.

Ben Shahn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
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  • Birth: September 12, 1898 - March 14, 1969

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I don't feel safe around a lot of people.

Jessica White

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I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able to go to Oakland and put the silver and black on. I wanted to prove to everybody that I could still play.

Jerry Rice

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I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.

Trent Reznor

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'Reno 911: Miami!' is a terrible, terrible title, and all the reviews - good and mostly bad - nobody pointed out how stupid a title that was. But you can hardly come up with a sentence that's more awkward.

Robert Ben Garant

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You've got to be careful with any injury, but I mean, if you research hamstrings, if you know anything about hamstrings, you've definitely got to be careful.

Rob Gronkowski

ResearchYouKnowMeanAnythingGot

I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in from four to four hundred years.

Marvin Minsky

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Without Deborah Harry, there's no Madonna; there's no Lady Gaga and beyond. There was something that she did that was very new and powerful in pop, and she was responsible for a change in the way the world acted.

Luke Davies

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Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.

Joseph Stalin

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If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

Joni Mitchell

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I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.

Dominic Cooper

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I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.

Douglas Booth

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Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me.

Corneille Ewango

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