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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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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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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It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing to me. This is very American. Violence is very American, and I can't understand these films. Why do they use violence? To show what? Masculinity? To show fear? Defense? What are you showing with all this violence?
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I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, 'I chose to do this part.' A lot of times it's 'you're lucky to get the job.' We're like, 'Thank you so much.'
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Ever since I was a teenager, I always had a very strong sense of my own personal style. Kind of for better or for worse - actually I don't think it's ever been for worse. The way that I dress has always been a pretty accurate reflection of my personality and my life.
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You face challenges in your personal life and in your professional life. I continue to be relentlessly optimistic and not focus on the negative.
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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!
