Walton Goggins Quotes
'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
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The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.
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What we share with another ceases to be our own.
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I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.
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We are responsible for our incredulity.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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We convince by our presence.
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I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
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Our nation of immigrants is, tautologically, a nation of emigrants.
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I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article in 'New York Magazine' about the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, the annual fundraising gala that Anna oversees. It created such a fascinating portrait that I couldn't help but be compelled.
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I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.
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What we can control is our readiness.
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Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
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Compromise in colors is grey.
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
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For me, an aerial picture is no different than a close-up portrait. It's a question of framing and angle. Helicopters are great for that. But I've also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.
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We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait.
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.
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If I'm not in the mood to deal with you, then I just don't deal with you. I look at it like, me not dealing with you could save me a lot of trouble - me forcing myself to deal with you could bring me a lot of trouble. So I just play it by ear.
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'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.