Henri Rousseau Quotes
The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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Managers are the most creative people in the world.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
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I like to get a salad or fruit in me - just some good energy food - and then a plate a pasta with a breast of chicken.
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It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen. It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them... 'Black Messiah' is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.
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Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.
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After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.
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They could hardly believe it, the retreating arses of all that Mameluke or Turkish cavalry, heathen anyway, crying heathen words as they cantered off in gunsnioke and dust-clouds, dropping spears and jewels and good Birmingham pistols. And soon it was water water water, a world of blessed water, the muddy stinking welcoming mother Nile near Rahmaniya.
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My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six years before returning. My mom was raising three kids without a dad.
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My animals are a really important part of my life.
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When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen songs sitting here, so let's do it.' And that was pretty much it... I never stopped writing, it's just the way that the business is now; you just try to find a different model.
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I have a really different touring life to most comedians because I go home every night to do the school run in the morning. So I'm not in hotels or living it up.
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Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.
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It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.
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I like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.
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We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.
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Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
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I often shoot with scissors in my eyes.
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The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
