A. Y. Jackson Quotes
To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams' was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was!
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
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The past is part of the present, is part of the future, it's all part of being an artist. You cannot be something that you're not when you're not that thing anymore, and if you do that then you're a liar.
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“If you're going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you're going to half-ass it, why bother?
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To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
