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When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.
No one can understand how close a marriage actually is. You just don't know: with a husband and wife, they have a special connection.
I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.
I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.
The most autobiographical thing I've ever written is my second novel, called 'An Ocean in Iowa.' That is pretty close to my childhood.
An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.
When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.
I don't even think I'll see all of 'The Mist' until I'm 18. I'm going to the premiere, but I'll close my eyes during the scarier scenes.
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.
New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.
I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.
I love the English aesthetic; in a way, I feel it is close to my own, a beautiful chaos; it is a powerful mix of the past and the present.
Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
I think, with production, I pay very close attention. 'Cause that's my favorite thing in music. That's the whole drive. That's the reason.
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.
When games are close together you have to draw a line under the first match whether you win or lose, and then start again for the next one.
In films, the camera catches each nuance of expression in close ups. On the stage, it is less subtle, you have to act with your whole body.
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men.
My inner strength comes from my friends. I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.
I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.
If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
Through love, we come close to the hearts of our brothers - at the beginning, throughout the course of, and right up to the end of our lives.
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
It's too easy to forget bad things. By keeping the reminders close, it's the reminder of not just who you are, but how you became what you are.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.
In a war without aim, you tend not to aim. You close your eyes, close your heart. The consequences become hit or miss in the most literal sense.
You cannot have the media so close to you that it becomes your voice. This is no good because it becomes too extreme, and people will resent it.
Sometimes, despite your best efforts, the end result does not match the expectations. '10 Enradhukulla' is still a movie very close to my heart.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
I try and make myself or consenting people I am very close to the victims of my comedy. I don't enjoy bullying masquerading as comedy.
My family is extremely close and will always be with each other, and I want that for myself.
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.
I've seen tennis clubs close in Manhattan and garages put up in their place, and I'd sure like to be part of reversing that trend.
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
I'd love to talk with Martin Luther King, just to hear his voice up close and be with someone who had such faith. He had such power.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.
Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.