Olafur Eliasson Quotes

I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.

Olafur Eliasson

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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.

John le Carre

ExperienceChildhoodWiseParents

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

Robert Mapplethorpe

LiveHopeEnoughLongI CanFame

Actually, my true name is Rosa Dolores Alverio. And then I became Rosita Moreno when a stepfather stepped in. And when I got to MGM studios, which was my first film contract, they just thought that Rosita wasn't a good name, and they changed it to Rita. And yes, it was their idea.

Rita Moreno

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I am sick and tired of an administration that treats Raul Castro and Ayatollah Khamenei better than it treats the prime minister of Israel.

Ron DeSantis

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Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the tribe is defined by opposition to other tribes. Our tribe, and its traditional ways, is superior to other tribes because it is ours.

Russell Smith

BelongingKindGroupConservative

I've followed Leeds since I was a little kid. I used to come home from sport in the afternoon, me and my brother, and watch 'Match of the Day.' I love the club. I want nothing but success for the club.

Russell Crowe

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I won't think about what people will say, even when I am actually seeing someone. Somebody will say something, then someone else will contradict it. I can't keep chasing all of them and try and correct everyone.

Arjun Kapoor

I AmPeopleThinkSomeoneSeeing

When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one.

Princess Margaret

SisterGrowing UpGrowingSheOut

I've said many times that I might as well have webs between my toes.

Phil Knight

SaidWellMightToesBetweenMany

In some shape or form, we do have an emotional connection to our head of state, even if, for the most part, they seem very remote.

Peter Morgan

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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

Thomas Carlyle

LaughterHumanReasonBeingSpecies

Theatre can be so patronising. So often, it's just proselytising for the theatre.

Tim Crouch

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