Max Beckmann Quotes
Space, and space again, is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained.
Quotes to Explore
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism could have attracted many followers in America, anyway. But there is no doubt that it could not possibly have affected us so widely and so deeply as it has, had it not been heavily financed.
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It's very easy to run a good 200 m. after an appalling shot put.
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The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.
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The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between prokaryotes-organisms composed of cells with no nucleus, that is, bacteria-and eukaryotes-all other life forms.
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Perhaps the spirit of the Everglades was most evident in the unseen, the hidden, the implied.
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When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.
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Songs Like Mony Mony aren't really written, they're sort of hanging in space - waiting to be found - I'm just thankful we found this one.
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I love Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a house for thirty years. I have loved visiting countries around the world. But I always come home to Washington.
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Space, and space again, is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained.
