George Henry Lewes Quotes
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.
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If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.
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I love 'Glee.'
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.
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As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.
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I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
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Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other.
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We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness, and using all your talents in the service of others!
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The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
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Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.
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Science is the systematic classification of experience.
