George Grosz Quotes
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
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Adulthood is hell.
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I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
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I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.
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I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book.
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Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.
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If the scope of freedom and respect for the rule of law shrinks around the world, the likelihood of war within and between nations increases, and our own freedoms will eventually be threatened.
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Nec species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix ex aliis alias reparat natura figuras: nec perit in toto quicquam, mihi credite, mundo, sed variat faciemque novat, nascique vocatur incipere esse aliud, quam quod fuit ante, morique desinere illud idem. cum sint huc forsitan illa, haec translata illuc, summa tamen omnia constant.
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The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
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It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.
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If I am writing down something and it is my idea, my imagination, it won't be fact.
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If people take the fight for justice seriously in their own country and with partners and immigrants in their community and folks in the international community, I believe that we will see human rights for all people affirmed.
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It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it.
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Árt is dead. Long live Tatlin's new machine art.
