Thomas Carlyle Quotes
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.
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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.
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about Ad Reinhardt: ..we supported each other.. .He thought I was a good painter, and I thought he was a good painter.
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If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.
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God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper.
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A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
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The best is only bought at the cost of great pain...or so says the legend.
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Love well, be loved and do something of value.
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If I don't have the potential to write in different styles and sing in different voices and play in different ways, I won't stay inspired.
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As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
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Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're with an individual who isn't moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain't going to work.
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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
