Walead Beshty Quotes

I try to consider each body of work on its own terms, discretely, so terms like 'sculpture' or 'photography', in their broad sense, don't really enter into my thinking.

Walead Beshty

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In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!

Meaghan Jette Martin

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It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content.

Steve Crocker

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Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.

Steve Martin

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In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself - so long as you make it your own.

Rod Lurie

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I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd.

Mat Kearney

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Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.

Donald E. Westlake

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For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about attacking the powerful - the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards - going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable.

Craig Ferguson

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No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.

Connie Mack

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When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.

Antonio Banderas

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I've only worked with very professional people.

Anushka Shetty

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I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.

Phil Crane

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Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.

Phil Klay

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