Paul Gauguin Quotes
In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
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The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.
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People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
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George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him sail into the White House, but Barack talks about religious fundamentalism and guns being prevalent in poor areas, and we roast him for weeks?
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Folks are always talking about 40 acres and a mule, but what we need is some psychoanalysis. Forget 40 acres in a mule: sign all of us up for some shrinks so we can get ourselves right by reflecting and truly learning ourselves.
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One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.
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Was sich thun lässt, so lange Philosophie und Poesie getrennt sind, ist gethan und vollendet. Also ist die Zeit nun da, beyde zu vereinigen.
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What I did or didn't do, I think it's over now. And what I will or will not do, I think is also over.
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I understand that NASA reported that there's new evidence of water on Mars. I'm here to report that we still don't have any evidence of affordable gasoline in Michigan.
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Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.
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I am a big advocate of female entrepreneurs. I do what I can to advise and help them along in their careers.
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Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.
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The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities on stage becomes 'real.' Then don't forget that the act has to be funny, and to me, being funny and entertaining any given audience is more important than anything.
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My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
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I'm an atheist. I don't believe in the afterlife, but I do believe in ghosts.
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Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.
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There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.
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This problem is the most difficult and the last to be solved by mankind.
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Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?
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In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind.
