John Constable Quotes
My canvas soothes me into forgetfulness of the scene of turmoil and folly - and worse - of the scene around me. Every gleam of sunshine is blighted to me in the art at least. Can it therefore be wondered at that I paint continual storms? 'Tempest o'er tempest roll'd' - still the 'darkness' is majestic.
Quotes to Explore
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.
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We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
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I don't do office work at home.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
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I started working in the oilfield upon graduating high school. I was on the service end of it, driving tank trucks for Johnny Geer for a couple years and learning about oil and gas production. I had a whole cadre of mentors.
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I was miserable the entire time I was Vanity. I spent so many days and so many nights crying, hating who I'd become.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.
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When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits.
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Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life
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Today a great shot for freedom was heard. I think it stands a chance of being heard forever. It marls a turning point in the history of the Jewish people. The beginning of the return to a statues of dignity we have not known for two thousand years. Yes, today was the first step back. My battle is done. Now I turn the command over to the soldiers.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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My canvas soothes me into forgetfulness of the scene of turmoil and folly - and worse - of the scene around me. Every gleam of sunshine is blighted to me in the art at least. Can it therefore be wondered at that I paint continual storms? 'Tempest o'er tempest roll'd' - still the 'darkness' is majestic.
