Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
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TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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Let's start with some of the reasons that the press holds its tongue and some of the things that you don't know because of this. We'll begin with squeamishness, prudishness, timidity and an overdeveloped fear of offending someone... So much for squeamishness and prudishness. There are many other reasons that we editors fail you in this pact you and we have. Let me name a few more: Orthodoxy, conventional thinking, a misplaced pleasure at being on the inside, incompetence and laziness.
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I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wife and I bought a house up in the Catskills. I miss Brooklyn, but the commute to the Catskills is about 45 minutes shorter.
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Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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Faith helps many people make sense of the world around them. Faith gives them a spiritual connection to something larger.
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If you want to be positive, it is very easy and for that you should see where is your attention. Are you only seeing problems or are you seeing some fun in it?
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No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
