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“The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how to objectify my experience of the world, using pictures and words that construct and contain me.”

World Language Bits Pieces Figures Degrees Picks Constructs Barbara Bits And Pieces Vernacular Pictures And Words

Author:Barbara Kruger

“I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.”

Doe Wish Bits Party Personality

Author:Keira Knightley

“Oh, it was a disaster, .. It went down like a lead balloon. I don't know why. I had thought the women in the audience deserved a little bit of something else after watching all those beautiful women. But I think they were shocked. Although the guys did dance nicely.”

Thinking Knows Littles Beautiful Guy Bits Audience Little Bit Disaster Shocked Beautiful Women Balloons

Author:Barbara Lee

“There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.”

People Littles Hard Bits Work Millions Hard Work Little Bit Come Up

Author:Jeff Lynne

“Only when the habit of one's consciousness to see in paintings bits of nature, madonnas and shameless nudes... has disappeared, shall we see a pure painting composition.”

Bits Consciousness Painting Habit Pure Composition Shameless

Author:Kazimir Malevich

“Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent. Obviously there are more specific ones that get a little bit tricky. Same with American stuff. But because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.”

Wells Littles Whole Problem Form Culture Stuff Bits Can Do Television Listening Little Bit Various Australia Accents No Problem American Culture Tricky Whole Family

Author:Guy Pearce

“Not scoring one for the whole calendar year last year was a bit disappointing but I didn't really feel any pressure to get my first one as skipper,.”

Feels Years Firsts Whole Lasts Bits Pressure Last Year Disappointing Calendars Skipper

Author:Ricky Ponting

“Basically, it's just fatigue, ... I've run out of gas a little bit. I've played a lot this summer, and the body's just telling me I'm fatigued.”

Littles Body Running Bits Summer Little Bit Gas Fatigue

Author:Greg Rusedski

“When you go to clubs in London there are loads of good-looking blokes, and I feel like a bit of a minger”

Feels Bits Clubs London Load Looking Good Blokes

Author:Lee Ryan

“It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have to strain a little bit to keep on the right track.”

Littles Character Easy Bits Discipline Little Bit Track Strain Right Track Undisciplined

Author:Robert Rauschenberg

“Happy Ending I did with Paul Winfield. There was a play- within- the- play and I was his mother - which is a peculiar bit of casting, to say the least.”

Play Mother Bits Peculiar Casting Happy Endings

Author:Brett Somers

“You can't help but change a little bit, but on the inside I'm still completely the same person.”

Littles Persons Stills Helping Bits Little Bit

Author:Britney Spears

“I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.”

Littles Bits Effects Drink Little Bit Tongue

Author:Peter Steele

“I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.”

People Feels Bits Arms Grew Mountain Ocean Grew Up Lovely Friendly Length Ireland Utah

Author:Roma Downey

“Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone.”

Littles Lost Bits Gone Little Bit Privacy Dissolving

Book:Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security

Source: Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security

“I would rather have a player who showed a bit of heart out there than one who just accepted things.”

Heart Bits Player Accepted

Author:Fergie

“My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.”

People Said Today Bits Summer Come Up Australia Cheer Harsh Amazed Scotland Cricket Cheerfulness Hooked Scots

Author:Andrew Strauss

“When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, ... This company has been through a bit of a restructuring the last couple of years. Management is doing a great job. The company is improving and people are buying chocolate. So, what a great week to buy it.”

People Years Has Beens Jobs Lasts Bits Growth Company Economy Week Couple Management Decent Buying Chocolate Improving Accounting Great Job Restructuring

Author:Liz Miller

“Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.”

Long Bits Term Views Race Smart Train Long Term Caution

Author:Bill Rodgers

“You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans.”

Fun Stars Bits Blood Fans Wine Drinking Dozen

Author:Jeri Ryan

“I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.”

World Remember Bits Support Player Cups Dutch World Cup Belgium Holland Denmark

Author:Simon Kuper

“Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.”

Feelings Past Belief Bits Memories Simple Information Replay

Author:Daniel Schacter

“The biggest danger in sailing is not the open ocean. It's hitting things. So if I have a thousand miles between me and land, a storm doesn't really upset me. If the boat's set up right, you get beat up a little bit, but the boat's going to handle it fine.”

Ifs Littles Bits Land Danger Fine Thousand Ocean Little Bit Beats Storm Miles Handle Boat Upset Hitting Sailing Thousand Miles

Author:John Moffitt

“I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitch it all back together. Luckily I didn't hurt my shoulder but I'm now at the point where the only thing on my body which isn't hurting is my bad shoulder.”

Body Hands Able Together Lost Left Bits Sides Hurt Cutting Doctors Skins Shoulders Knees Back Together Stitches

Author:Jens Voigt

“I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security.”

Littles Use Bits Issues Security Little Bit Urges National Security Caution

Author:Theodore Stevens

“People now are beginning to cheer for me. I've never heard that before. .. Maybe things are turning a bit.”

People Bits Heard Cheer Cheerfulness

Author:Alex Rodriguez

“I play David Hasselhoff's secretary and she gets around a bit - it's quite a role. I end up in bed with Adam Sandler, It's so surreal it's hysterical . . I'm so excited. This is the biggest thing I have ever done, there's no comparison.”

Ends Done Play Bits Roles Bed Excited Comparison Adam Secretary Surreal Hysterical

Author:Sophie Monk

“When people asked to buy my work I always said no. I'd had this rather rarefied idea that I didn't want money going through my head while I was making work. But after the car crash I realized that none of my work was owned by anyone. After that, I grew up a bit.”

People Want Said Ideas Bits Car Grew Grew Up I Realized Commerce Crash Car Crash

Author:Cornelia Parker

“I've always had a problem within myself of feeling that people didn't really see me as a musician and I'm out to get a bit of musical credibility.”

People Feelings Problem Bits Musician Musical Credibility

Author:Phil Spector

“Golfers don't fist fight. They cuss a bit. But they wouldn't punch anything or anybody. They might hurt their hands and have to change their grip.”

Hands Might Fighting Bits Hurt Fists Golfers

Author:Dan Jenkins

“In collage you're doing it in stages so you're not actually doing it right there. You first of all draw it on the paper, then you cut it up, then you paste it down, then you change it, then you shove it about, then you may paint bits of it over, so actually you're not making the picture there and then, you're making it through a process, so it's not so spontaneous.”

Firsts May Bits Process Cutting Stage Paper Draws Paint Spontaneous Collages

Book:Paula Rego

Source: Paula Rego

“Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings in real life; painting is more about the extreme moments when speech doesn't help anymore.”

Humans Littles Real Moments Helping Bits Human Beings Painting Poet Speech Little Bit Extremes Real Life Retreat Pain In Life

Author:Francesco Clemente

“To be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change.”

Bits Animal Party Honest Being Honest Relief Party Animal

Author:Sara Cox

“I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'”

Way Want Feels Littles Bits Sound Missing Band Little Bit Soldier Dramatic Want Me Punk You Want Me Snl Missing Something Do You Want Me

Author:Fred Armisen

“I'm excited about what I have to offer. Not only a little bit of youth, but a different perspective as a woman.”

Littles Different Bits Youth Perspective Offers Little Bit Excited Different Perspective

Author:Lisa Murkowski

“I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.”

Father Bits Responsibility Dad Enjoyed Being A Dad

Author:Noel Gallagher

“I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.”

Littles Bits Little Bit Freak Control Freak

Author:Noel Gallagher

“In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.”

Bits Faster

Author:Robert Genn

“I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me.”

Feels Should Art Book Bits Week Couple Enthusiasm Dull Relaxation Resting And Relaxation

Author:E. J. Hughes

“I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.”

Trying Has Beens Night Bits Painting Scene Oil Tone Mistaken Lighters

Author:E. J. Hughes

“What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.”

People Ifs Needs Should States Done Home Bits Army Woods France Dirty Covered Representatives Thrones Velvet Gilded Linen

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?”

Thinking Character Shows Bits Land Garden Owners

Book:Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings

Source: Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings

“Terrible, it was terrible. Even today and it's been several months now you just bring it up and I tear up a little bit, terribly. You know when you're that close that long and got along as well as we did, we seldom had any serious arguments. We might have - might discuss which movie we wanted to see and what play we wanted to go to, where we ought to go for a vacation but that usually didn't last very long because we were much of the same mind all the time.”

Knows Love Mind Wells Littles Long Play Might Today Wanted Lasts Bits Love You Tears Serious Months Ought Terrible Little Bit Argument Vacation Time Love

Author:Walter Cronkite

“A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs.”

Bits Clothes Intention Drinking Alcohol Bars Limbs Alcoholics Explosions Good Intentions Pubs Funny Alcohol Doorstep Saloons

Book:Selected Letters

Source: Selected Letters

“We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin - a little fellow trying to do the best he could.”

Thinking Trying Children Littles Ideas Wanted Felt Bits Animal Fellows Tiny Cute Mice Do The Best Charlie Indebted Chaplin Wistfulness

Author:Walt Disney

“Behind the murder of millions of Negroes annually in Africa is the well organized system of exploitation by the alien intruders who desire to rob Africa of every bit of its wealth for the satisfaction of their race and the upkeep of their bankrupt European countries.”

Wells Country Desire Bits Wealth Race Behinds Millions Murder Satisfaction Aliens Organized Exploitation European Countries Intruders Upkeep

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

“The effect of the great and sudden change of altitude made itself felt at once; when I wanted to turn round in my bag, I had to do it a bit at a time, so as not to get out of breath.”

Made Wanted Turns Felt Bits Effects Breaths Rounds Bags Sudden Change

Book:The South Pole

Source: The South Pole

“I have but one thought in my heart for the young folk of the Church and that is that they be happy. I know of no other place than home where more happiness can be found in this life. It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home.”

Knows Heart Home Young Found Heaven Bits Church My Heart Ideals Folks This Life Continuation

Author:David O. McKay

“I told [Bill Gates] I believed every word of what I said but that I should never have said it in public. I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.”

Ifs Thinking Should Said Guy Wish Bits Inspiring Gone Bills Gates Acid Microsoft Macs Best Job Best Design

Author:Steve Jobs

“The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.”

World Humans Soul Bits Logic Infinite Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Nerves Broads Strain Curtains Human Soul Ontology

Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

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