Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
Quotes to Explore
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The Trump family's business model is part of a broader shift in corporate structure that has taken place within many brand-based multinationals, one with transformative impacts on culture and the job market, trends that I wrote about in my first book, 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the presidency in his own right and to pass his Great Society legislation through Congress.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday.
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Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string which one is carefully winding up; a single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again.
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Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny, the racism, the economic struggle, all of it? You need those people saying you're a good mom, a great writer. You're a great dresser. You cook well. Whatever the beauty is that you need to hear.
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All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'
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Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge.
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When I picture England, I picture little gardens and beautiful yards. I don't really like cities; I like to go and see things like that.
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
