Paul Gauguin Quotes
One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.
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Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.
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While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.
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Not that I took it as a fiasco at the time, but no one saw 'Almost Famous' in the theaters,
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I'm playing every day. I still want to win.
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If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.
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In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.
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To fight like we fought the majority of the game and then for that to happen to us with 4.9 seconds on the clock is just devastating.
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Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change his direction if the audience doesn't like him.
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In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.
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When something happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or get better.
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I'm getting fat ... as I planned. Luckily, my gut is intentional. I'm actually preparing for a big role. Sure, it's a cinnamon roll.
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What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.
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Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.
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Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue. Let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.
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I am not a positivist. Positivism states that what cannot be observed does not exist. This conception is scientifically indefensible, for it is impossible to make valid affirmations of what people 'can' or 'cannot' observe. One would have to say 'only what we observe exists,' which is obviously false.
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This one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.
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The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.
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We're so used to it that we don't think twice about it. For somebody who's starting out in ice hockey it would be heavy, but it's protection. It's everything you need so you do have to get used to it.
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One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.
