Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work.
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Related The Lord has done what I wanted Him to do this week. I wanted, primarily, peace about going into pio... JIM ELLIOT As a journalist I reported on health stories and certainly knew what I needed to do to be more fit a... JOAN LUNDEN And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I hel... JOSEF ALBERS I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, ... IRELAND BALDWIN I had never confronted my parents with the true feelings I had for them, and I had certainly never e... BROOKE HAYWARD Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are my friends... JOHN RUSKIN The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. ELIA KAZAN When I started my own practice, I was criticized, not because I was doing product design but because... MICHAEL GRAVES I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed abo... EDWARD BROOKE I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that m... KARA WALKER I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nin... WAYNE NEWTON I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made th... BIPASHA BASU I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my... GRANDMA MOSES I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my... GRANDMA MOSES I have an older brother and older sister. My older sister is the girliest girl on the planet, so I j... AJ LEE When I did 'Esquire,' I did a lot of celebrity covers, but the celebrity cover was Hubert Hu... GEORGE LOIS I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to... OTTO PREMINGER All I did as a child was pretend to be James Bond or Marlon Brando. When I was about four, I put on ... ANEURIN BARNARD I try to back up my pictures as much as I can, but it's sort of tedious. Besides having them on my c... ADAM GALARNEAU I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film... ESTELLE MORRIS I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song... RANDY NEWMAN I still do work on my cars, but not nearly as much as I did last year, ... Last year I was almost do... JOSH WISE I'm pretty happy with everything I did. I wish it would have ended better because it was my senior y... FRANCISCO MENDOZA I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful pa... ALBERT OEHLEN After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art endeavors and... ANGELA CARTWRIGHT I respect Terry because he was my manager and I enjoyed working with him. I know that the comments w... JAMES MCFADDEN If I didn't sell them I'd have a bunch of paintings under my bed. I went through kind of a withdrawa... JOANNA BOWLES I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly wit... DAVID COVERDALE In my bedroom, I have my yoga mat and the puppets I've made over the years, and because I'm ... LUCAS HEDGES I really did put up all my wedding pictures on my website. And I swear to you, my wedding pictures g... CINDY MARGOLIS I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about the... VICTORIA PENDLETON My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Ha... RALPH ALLEN All the responsibility was on me, because I went into the studio without my label saying, 'Work with... HILARY DUFF My ground strokes are my strength. I rely on them to produce some winners and some errors by the oth... KYLE MACLELLAND I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song... RANDY NEWMAN I just feel so blessed to be able to [act], because it's unbelievable to work with these great actor... DAKOTA FANNING Sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in. JANE AUSTEN When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt... ALAN SHEARER I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk... HOWARD HODGKIN Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me ... CONSTANCE WU It is my misfortune - and probably my delight - to use things as my passions tell me. What a miserab... PABLO PICASSO I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer... ARTHUR MILLER I'm on my computer a lot, but I swear I have an excuse! I spend about nine hours on media a day,... NOLAN GOULD Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people... APRIL GORNIK My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Ha... RALPH ALLEN I made a mistake out there and I got mad. I slammed my fist into the rearview mirror and I think I b... BILL GOLDBERG I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm ... NEIL YOUNG I would have liked to do more big movies. And the reason I say that is not because I want to be a st... DAVID SUCHET I certainly have no apologies for my actions or my conduct. I did my job. I followed my oath. I foll... JAMES ROGAN I had a good time while I was here. I love it here and my family is here. I certainly have no hard f... TONY MEOLA I didn't go into journalism thinking it would solidify my identity. I did it because I needed to... ALEX TIZON What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have th... SITTING BULL Their rebukes have never made me angry, because I have always wondered why they did not rebuke me mo... MINNIE MADDERN FISKE I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even ... AYELET WALDMAN I work, and then I leave the office, and I'm with my kids and just sort of enjoy them on a visce... BEN MARCUS After 10 years, the family moved and the wall was painted over by the new residents. I wish the prev... KARL HEPNER I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries w... DONALD JOHANSON When my stomach blew up, I immediately went to my gynecologist. I thought maybe it was because of th... LISA MUHS The great thing about having a child is that it keeps you very grounded. When I decided to have my d... CAROLYN MURPHY I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of th... CATE BLANCHETT When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was ... PHILIPPE PETIT I have learned that acting is not about beauty. VINCENT CASSEL You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I n... JANETTE RALLISON Most of the time my own family feels like I don't need anything, I'm tough as nails and I do... NENE LEAKES But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g... PAULO COELHO I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school... ALIA SHAWKAT Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name... JOHN EISENHOWER I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African Am... MALCOLM D. LEE I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan. TAYA KYLE I didn't sell a lot of my paintings, but I've done hundreds that I never took good records or photos... KARL HEPNER I did an interview once where I was asked who I found attractive and I went on about cartoons and Na... EDDIE REDMAYNE When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because ... KACEY MUSGRAVES I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very stron... MERYL STREEP My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it wa... RAHUL DRAVID I was scheduled to be on with Mike Savage the day he savaged the Catholic Church and made bigoted co... BILL DONOHUE I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very... RICKY JAY My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in p... HAMISH BOWLES I enjoyed doing the television pieces and they were lovely people to work with. It was a bit nerve-w... BETTY ANDERSON I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his ... GEN MARK W. CLARK My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a k... JULIAN SCHNABEL I felt I should have done more than I did by picking up my fouls. I put a lot of the loss on me as a... DONISHA DURUISSEAU I look back on my life a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. GRANDMA MOSES I joined forces with the American Cancer Society in 2010 as a spokesperson for the N.F.L.'s '... LARRY FITZGERALD I have learned to delegate. GWEN STEFANI She said that it was a mistake to have made as few superficial friends as I have done in my life, an... RICHARD FORD I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult. ALISON MOYET My plays are talky; I say shut up and listen. They are about black men talking, and in American soci... AUGUST WILSON I made a lot of good laps and was very consistent today. I felt very happy because I was very fast o... CASEY STONER I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because ... FRANK BLACK I know a lot of parents of kid actors I've worked with have pressured them into acting, but my p... EMILY BROWNING My family came over from Spain about nine generations ago. I was born in San Diego, but by the time ... BITSIE TULLOCH I'm getting there. Today I understood what I have to work on, and I have to just get back to the tra... SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA I think of everything I have been through... It makes me see how blessed I am. I've done real hard l... HORACE JENKINS I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; h... ESTHER WILLIAMS My husband was very enthusiastic, and my children are all investing. They have done some work with s... HELEN ARNTZEN The last couple of days I have thought about it because it did come down to these two teams. It was ... DONYELL MARSHALL I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I h... ZACHARY TAYLOR The only thing I have done religiously in my life is keep a journal. I have hundreds of them, filled... TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS I played really well again today. I made my score on the front nine today, Thursday I made it on the... CATRIONA MATTHEW I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead arti... HOWARD HODGKIN
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JAMES WAN Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha... WILLIAM JAMES Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. JAMES THOMSON 'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it. JAMES THOMSON For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by... JAMES THOMSON The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ... JAMES THOMSON More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. JAMES THOMSON But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? JAMES THOMSON Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand. JAMES THOMSON When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling... ETTA JAMES Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a... JAMES ROUSE Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you... JAMES GALWAY A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. JAMES CALLAGHAN A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. JAMES KELLER I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance. JAMES CORDEN You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,... LEBRON JAMES In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If... LILY JAMES If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v... LENNIE JAMES My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. JAMES BROWN The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ... JAMES NAISMITH But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. LEBRON JAMES Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. WILLIAM JAMES See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s... JAMES AVERY I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe... JAMES TAYLOR I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated. JAMES FRANCO I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ... JAMES HILLMAN The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,... JAMES HILLMAN Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. JAMES DYSON Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. WILLIAM JAMES To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ... JAMES BUCHANAN A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ... JAMES ALLEN The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t... JAMES WOLCOTT It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t... JAMES MONROE We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ... THEO JAMES In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c... JAMES BELUSHI An actor should be judged by his performance only. JAMES DEAN I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki... JAMES DEAN When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi... JAMES DEAN To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea... JAMES DEAN To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ... JAMES DEAN Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. JAMES DEAN The only greatness for man is immortality. JAMES DEAN An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li... JAMES DEAN I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And... JAMES DEAN I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day. JAMES DEAN Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ... JAMES DEAN I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w... JAMES DEAN I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end... JAMES DEAN The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. JAMES DEAN Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im... JAMES DEAN There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. JAMES DEAN The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. JAMES DEAN You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'... JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole. JAMES DEAN Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life... JAMES DEAN I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ... JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. KEVIN JAMES The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why... JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p... 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JAMES HECKMAN Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. WILLIAM JAMES No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin... JAMES ALLEN A man is literally what he thinks. JAMES ALLEN The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ... JAMES ALLEN The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y... JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family. LEBRON JAMES There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p... LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability. LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l... LEBRON JAMES But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ... LEBRON JAMES There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w... LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h... LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself. LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable. LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed. LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it... JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone. LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ... JAMES TAYLOR I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. LEBRON JAMES I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. JAMES THOMSON It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up... JAMES ALTUCHER The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes... JAMES MCBRIDE The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. JAMES MCBRIDE In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk... JAMES TURRELL In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John M... JAMES WOLCOTT I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th... THEO JAMES The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s... JAMES LARKIN Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six... JAMES WAN My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages, not least of whic... JAMES BLACK 'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the ... JAMES WOLCOTT To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use ... JAMES HORNER I think I feel most like a princess when I'm sort of bursting with happiness and love, so whethe... LILY JAMES Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go... JAMES SUROWIECKI I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like ... JAMES MCAVOY Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination. JAMES CAMERON There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what... 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