Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning.
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Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.
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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
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It's probably an intellectual weakness, but I look at the stars, and I say, 'There's something bigger than us out there.'
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A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
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You've got to bring yourself to any character you do.
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I can cure AIDS, and I will.
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Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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I baked the coffee cake recipe from 'The Joy of Cooking' over and over again when I was a kid.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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If you're growing very rapidly, it doesn't matter if you make mistakes, in a way, because the growth kind of bails you out.
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You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.
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Everything I do is intended to make people laugh and think. I just think something is funny, it's not hurting anybody, not stabbing anybody, not shooting anybody, not making anybody watch me perform. There are thousands of comedians, don't come see me because it's not like I hide it.
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Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning.
