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“I try to, at least once or twice a week, have someone over and model, usually a dancer friend or a poet or someone to come over and just stay still for me. Depending on how exhibitionist they are, it will determine the finished work. And I say, "You're the muse; you come up with it. I'll draw you however you want."”
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“The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.”
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“This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.”
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“Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Acting was always something I pursued by myself. When we were in college, I took an acting class that I was so passionate about and devoted to, but I went to it privately and never really spoke about it. I'd have these ecstatic experiences in, like, a church basement and then never talk about it with other people.”
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“Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to encounter or work with librarians, I'm always impressed by their sheer awesomeness.”
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“To stay in one place and watch the seasons come and go is tanatmount to constant travel: One is traveling with the earth.”
Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Nicoletta Lanciano (2005). “Hadrian's villa: between heaven and earth : a tour with Marguerite Yourcenar”
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“If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?”
