John French Sloan Quotes
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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I love to write.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.
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I think the key to marriage is find your best friend.
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I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.
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'I was sort of an amoral little jerk when I was young. I was arrogant about being smarter than other people, but unhappy that I wasn't able to spend all my time doing what I wanted. I spent a year in a juvenile home for a first offense after an evaluation by a psychologist went very badly.'
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Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.
