Hans Hofmann Quotes
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.Hans Hofmann
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
K. A. Applegate -
People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
Nancy Reagan -
There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
R. Kelly
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson -
I hate competition.
Marat Safin -
The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
Caitlyn Jenner -
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Mahatma Gandhi -
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
Han Fei
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We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them?
Carl Honore -
I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
O. J. Simpson -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
Zygmunt Bauman -
I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
Vin Diesel -
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.
Jason Kander -
There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience of the actual music.
Win Butler -
After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.
Daniel Kahneman -
I'm a live wire in a dead world.
Eyedea -
My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each other, globalization will bring both benefits and disruptions to our lives. But either way, it's here, and it's not going away.
Barack Obama -
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
Hans Hofmann