"I had a Masters of Fine Arts, but so did thousands of other graduates every year, and we were all competing for the same jobs. I realistically didn't expect to become a teacher, and after two or three years, I accepted defeat."

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Source : "Lambchop". Interview With Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. October 7, 2008.

Kurt Wagner

#Teacher Quotes #Art Quotes #Jobs Quotes

“I shall go Up and down In my gown. Gorgeously arrayed, Boned and stayed.”
“Eddie Drood: Is this why we become agents? To play games, to chase after secrets that are rarely worth all the blood spilled on their behalf...To end up stabbed in the back, just when you thought you'd won, bleeding out in some nameless backstreet...With most people never even knowing who you were, or what you did, or why it mattered?”
“When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical gay signifier - as though, after decades in the public eye, they'd suddenly come across a trove of shots where I looked like a Cher impersonator.”
“The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.”
“Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market.”
“A little attention, a pat on the head, and a kind word every now and then is all your dog asks.”
“High ends, high spending. We just trying to end life on a high note.”

Source : Song: A Million Dollars, Album: Finally Famous 2: UKNOWBIGSEAN

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