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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We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.
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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 we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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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.
