- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking Quotes
What you're looking for says a lot about you.
This set gathers quotes built around the idea of looking - artists scanning other artists for inspiration, someone describing the feeling of watching a scene from outside it, and calls to find people with real track records worth following. For more on staying open to new influence, see our Like Quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?'
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have language and they do not. Chimps communicate by embracing, patting, looking - all these things. And they have lots of sounds. But they cannot sit and discuss. They cannot teach about things that are not present, as far as we know.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend a lot of my time looking into people's bags and handbags - with their permission, of course.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a band called M&O. We were working on our first album in 2011 or 2012. We were looking for people to collaborate with, and I met Chance through a Young Chicago Authors poetry slam.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things. I want to be able to get my own ideas and my own feelings out there, and the only way to do that is to be behind the camera.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved all that riot-grrl scene and Nation of Ulysses and Bikini Kill and Huggy Bear. I loved it. It was the moment sort of first growing up where bands had stopped looking like roadies.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that's the last thing on an artist's mind.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing... like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.
- Nov 07, 2020