Max Beckmann Quotes
I am working here Amsterdam on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living!
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There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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The vast majority of studies say anti-aging supplements don't work.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come.
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Nothing was made in Trinidad.
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Corporations use all sorts of complex stratagems to move their profits overseas, and thus escape the U.S. income tax.
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If you design your own machine, you can't fuss at people, because you're one of just a few. How many Linux users are there?
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For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust
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I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference between being an adult and being a grown-up. I'm someone's mummy now and I'm enjoying that. I feel as if I'm about to hit my peak.
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My main ambition as a gardener is to water my orange trees with gin, then all I have to do is squeeze the juice into a glass.
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I am working here Amsterdam on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living!
