Vik Muniz Quotes

Who wouldn't like to give up normal life? I mean, normal life, you know, is the second worst thing to death itself. I think normality is something that makes everything very static, and I try to make my days, my daily routines, as uneven and rich as possible.

Vik Muniz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: brazilian
  • Birth: December 20, 1961

Topics

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Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.

Toni Braxton

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I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.

Tony Dungy

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I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.

Tom Wolfe

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We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.

Masayoshi Son

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Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

Roy Acuff

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Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

Michelle Obama

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Somehow, I don't think Jesus came to Earth to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Michael Moore

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I'm not going to take off time and lose money to go fight.

Luke Rockhold

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It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Lucy Liu

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I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

Dick Cavett

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I like making movies that have some of the qualities of first-person shooter games. That was very important to me for the 'Bourne' franchise.

Doug Liman

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Everything is very individual for me in the way that I work; I don't just show a rotating rack of clothes.

Brad Goreski

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