Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
Quotes to Explore
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like 'The Day After Tomorrow' where I walk across country to find my family. That would be the kind of person I would be. I feel like I wouldn't be as scared. If it happens, it happens. You face it.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time.
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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
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There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.
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It must be remembered that painting is not the mere gratification of sight.
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Islam is about finding your own space.
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Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.
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Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.
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One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
