William Blake Quotes
Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.
Quotes to Explore
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
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Who does understand life?
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As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to become a scientist.
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Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
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I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.
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Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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And several galleries – two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.
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I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play.
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Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.
