#bout

Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me. ↗

— Ed Harris

#art #began #being #him #himself

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. ↗

— Ed Harris

#about #constituents #every #explain #going

I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#anything #before #contract #even #excuses

I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them. ↗

— George Grosz

#back #because #being #bellow #enough

I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you. ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

#american #american people #care #especially #extend

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives. ↗

— Kenny Guinn

#children #families #important #influence #lives

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi. ↗

— Buddy Guy

#because #down #everyone #i #knew

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife! ↗

— Buddy Guy

#everyday #everyday life #everyone #get #having

I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him. ↗

— Justin Halpern

#because #book #buying #dad #feel

One of the things I thought a lot about was how can we get the views, for instance, the main plaza, you look up to Telegraph Hill from there and therefore it would be a disaster to close that view off. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#close #disaster #get #hill #how