Emil Nolde Quotes
How glad I am to be almost alone as an artist among artists, with the whole swarm of artists somewhere else.
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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Extremism is always potentially dangerous, but in Hungary's political reality, Jobbik and the other far-right parties have no chance of having a major influence.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
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Despite all the progress climate scientists have made in understanding the risks we run by loading the atmosphere with CO2, the world is still as addicted to fossil fuels as ever.
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Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris.
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An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom we should have known nothing if their distinguished opponents had taken no notice of them. There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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How glad I am to be almost alone as an artist among artists, with the whole swarm of artists somewhere else.
