Carl Van Vechten Quotes
The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
Carl Van Vechten
Quotes to Explore
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
Harold Pinter
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. King
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
FKA twigs
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The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.
Adam McKay
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
Aaron D. O'Connell
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Two prominent terms, 'Latino' and 'Hispanic,' refer to people living in the United States who have roots in Latin America, Spain, Mexico, South America, or Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries.
Ilan Stavans
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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
Yasmin Mogahed
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I really feel that I had a genuinely diverse, multicultural upbringing, and I just don't find New York to be quite as diverse. Maybe I'm romanticising, but I feel that I was exposed to a real melting pot in terms of culture and pop culture. My kids are essentially middle-class, but I do try to remind them that they come from humble beginnings.
Carmen Ejogo
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Wine gives strength to weary men.
Homer
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
Carl Van Vechten
