Edgar Degas Quotes
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I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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I have three closets in my bedroom.
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The oceans produce up to 70 percent of our oxygen, they shape our climate, and they support an American oceans economy larger than our nation's entire agriculture sector.
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I believe the people that buy my music believes in me.
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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To sit on a ranch horse that's been broken in, it's like getting in a Porsche.
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If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
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Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.
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Drawing is the honesty of the art.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.
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Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
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Make a drawing. Start it all over again, trace it. Start it and trace it again.
