“I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.”
Source: City of Flowers
“…it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.”
A letter to Zhukovsky, January 1848, quoted in Sculpting in Time (p49) by Andrei Tarkovsky
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Chuck Palahniuk
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“My argument is keeping taxes low will encourage the private sector to create jobs.”
George W. Bush
(1946) 43rd President of the United States
2010s, 2010, Interview on Today (November 2010)
“I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.”
George W. Bush
(1946) 43rd President of the United States
Private meeting with Old Order Amish in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (9 July 2004), reported in Jack Brubacker (2004-07-16), " Bush quietly meets with Amish here; they offer their prayers http://web.archive.org/web/20040722021601/http://lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/7565," Lancaster New Era
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“I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.”
D.H. Lawrence
(1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
(1945) Swedish female singer
Regarding her status as an environmentalist, as quoted in "Anni-Frid Lyngstad fyller 60 år den 15 november", Monica Frime, Nyheter Dygnet Runt, HD.se, 13 November 2005 https://www.hd.se/2005-11-13/anni-frid-lyngstad-fyller-60-ar-den-15-november
Lance Armstrong
(1971) professional cyclist from the USA
As quoted in "10 questions for Lance Armstrong" by Bill Saporito in TIME magazine (28 September 2003) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005777,00.html
Context: I'm not happy if I'm not doing some physical suffering, like going out on a bike ride or running. First, it's good for you. No. 2, it sort of clears my mind on a daily basis. And it's a job. My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering.
Margrethe II of Denmark
(1940) Queen of Denmark
On the possiblity of abdication, interview with Bo Lidegaard, 'Politiken' Partially available online http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1495013/dronningen-opgaven-som-regent-har-man-for-livet/ (01 January 2012).
Possiblity of Abdication