Paul Gauguin Quotes
It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.
Quotes to Explore
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oath, whether he did it willfully. I think that's required of any prosecutor who is charged with an investigation of this.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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My highest priority is the safety of all Oregonians and their communities.
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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My parents managed a summer camp, and it was vacant for about seven or eight months out of the year. It was in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We backed up to a state forest. So absolutely, there were creepy woods all around the house. It was easy to get lost. It was really spooky.
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Change is never easy.
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Oh, happy triumph of the poet! - to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman he loves!
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad hoc plot device.
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Others of graver mien; behold, adorn'dWith holy ensigns, how sublime they move,And bending oft their sanctimonious eyesTake homage of the simple-minded throng;Ambassadors of heaven!
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I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their funeral speeches; perfecting their rituals of death rather than a relatively simple ritual of life such as screaming in the streets.
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I have seen and heard comedians who had really funny 'stuff' but yet could not make the people laugh; then, again - I have seen others whose stuff was anything but humorous, and the audience would howl with laughter.
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There are very few things that I have any patience for that are not at least a little bit humorous.
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It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.
