John French Sloan Quotes
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
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I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.
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You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.
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What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.
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Relationships are hard. If as an actor you marry an engineer or a doctor, it's really hard for them because they don't understand what your life is like. We live two lives. We have a 'reel' life and a real life.
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My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.
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All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of things that other people say. I started making fun of them and imitating them and now that's how I speak.
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We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
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Ninety percent of the people I grew up with didn't succeed.
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I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
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To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
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My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.
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In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.
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My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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Visca Barcelona, Visca Catalunya and Visca Argentina, motherfuckers!
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Love, when it fits inside a flower, is infinite.
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I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open tuning when your using one and that gets old as well as what you learn in one open tuning is going to stay there.
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The charm of the Replacements is that we’re not the greatest musicians on the planet, we’re a great f—ing rock’n’roll band.
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My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.
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1. Find a subject you care about.2. Do not ramble, though.3. Keep it simple.4. Have the guts to cut.5. Sound like yourself.6. Say what you mean to say.7. Pity the readers.
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I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.
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Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
