Thomas Eakins (Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins) Quotes
In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.
Thomas Eakins
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If we ever find out how the brain works, with all its complexity, then we will be able to build a machine that has consciousness. And if that happens, that is a road to planetary disaster because everything we've thought about ourselves, since the Bronze Age, the Bible, all of that will be gone.
E. L. Doctorow
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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
Daniel Boone
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
Ian McShane
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
Viggo Mortensen
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I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
Uzo Aduba
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
Daniel Bryan
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You have a choice: Support the woman standing next to you, or compete with her. But if you compete, you're going to be miserable.
Kate Hudson
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Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first good entrepreneurs to emerge in this space. While others championed ideological or underground/illicit interests, Brian saw an opportunity to change the world for the better and build a big business out of it.
Adam Draper
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Respect was mingled with surprise,And the stern joy which warriors feelIn foeman worthy of their steel.
Walter Scott
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The swarming, grunting masses of jackals...
Conrad Black
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There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.
Joan Chen
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The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is that knowledge is made up of two sorts of elements, which cannot be reduced into one another, and which are like two distinct layers superimposed one upon the other.
Emile Durkheim
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
Rachel Weisz
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school, then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
Alan Paton
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I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.
George R. R. Martin
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
Adam Davidson
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When I do my own makeup, I keep things pretty simple.
Jordana Brewster
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In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.
Thomas Eakins
