Vincent Van Gogh Quotes
What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
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The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity: you absolutely depend on people speaking up and raising concerns.
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Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.
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As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.
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If you go to the supermarket and buy a package of food and look at the photo on the front, the food never looks like that inside, does it? That is a fundamental lie we are sold every day.
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What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.
