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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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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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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I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.
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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 like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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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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Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space.
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I'm not a fan of giving to charities. I have a few I support, but the overhead and inefficiencies really bother me. Instead, I pay people's bills and help solve problems.
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First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.
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The lot of man is to suffer and die.What's gone is of no consequence.
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Space, and space again, is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained.
