Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes

For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

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LifeWorkMeAlwaysBeenAlmost

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

John Kenneth Galbraith

FaithHopeGreatEconomicsDeep

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture.

Matthew Moy

LoveCultureSchoolHigh SchoolHigh

I was cast in commercials, music videos, and booked a lot of modeling jobs. But my acting career never took off because I was holding myself back. I was acting across from male partners who didn't know that I am trans. I was being taught by teachers who didn't know.

Angelica Ross

MusicMyselfI AmCareerActing

You want to hit people's ears to make them want to dance in their kitchen. So that is what a hit is to me.

Andy Grammer

DancePeopleMeKitchenYouWant

On my record cover, you can barely see my face. I still think I look really geeky.

Jeff Buckley

FaceThinkYouLookSeeStill

Working out is my way of saying to cancer, 'You're trying to invade my body; you're trying to take me away from my daughters, but I'm stronger than you. And I'm going to hit harder than you.'

Stuart Scott

MeSayingTryingStrongerYouBody

I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good.

Sonia Sotomayor

GoodWomenMenPeopleBelieveFound

Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

Steven Pressfield

CreativeMedicalPeopleSucceedYou

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Shirley Chisholm

ProfitMoralityUpAgainstSeldom

I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.

Mary Leakey

HouseTentRatherThan

The reason people turn to supernatural explanations is that the mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. Because we do not yet have a fully natural explanation for mind and consciousness, people turn to supernatural explanations to fill the void.

Michael Shermer

PeopleMindReasonVacuumTurnVoid

I was going to be a chemical engineer - I was a science nerd - that was the plan. I secretly applied to USC and NYU and got a scholarship to go to NYU based on a dumb animated short I made. It was a huge shock to me and my family.

Jon Watts

FamilyScienceMeShortPlanDumb

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