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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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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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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There is a latent anger in a lot of people that went to boarding school at an early age. I was eight. And I loved it over the five years, but I think the adjustments for eight-year-olds are a lot. And I think it informs who you are for a long, long time.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.
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I love Paris for the million reasons that everybody loves the city. It's an incredibly romantic and beautiful place.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
