Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone. ~Prabal Gurung
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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