John Singer Sargent Quotes
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An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.
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I believe my customer knows her style and knows how to mix and match your style.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.
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I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.
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Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.
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Very quickly I fell in with others like me-newcomers, dreamers, young people drawn to the city in spite of its dangers because sometimes, for some of us, tedium and familiarity feel worse than risking your life.
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See as a vocalist you aspire to that level of greatness. I’ve been very lucky in my career to be around great artists but you aspire to that kind of vocal prowess. I would love to be in her presence. There are a lot of British artists that I absolutely love and adore to but I’ve been following Lalah since I was a little girl and she’s phenomenal.
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If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
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The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.
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As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.
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You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
