Francis Bacon Quotes
A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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I just wanna be a good artist.
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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.
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As a gay black man, it's important to me to show up - that I'm able to show up as my whole self, in every space that I'm in, because that's how I'm able to be the most true to who I am.
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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
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I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.
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Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.
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We use the coastline as much as the sea otters. And we take fish from the water, we swim in the water, surf in the water. And what's happening to the sea otter could very well be happening to a much larger picture than just the animals themselves.
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A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.
