Joan Miro Quotes
For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.
Quotes to Explore
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My hunger is always there.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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In a way I guess I'd be a bad judge of what it was like because it just seemed perfectly normal to me.
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For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.
