Washington Allston Quotes
The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic.
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's where things will happen that you have to have the intuition to notice them, and to register them.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.
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My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.
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I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
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Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are allowed to live in the West is closer to the Muslim way.
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I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.
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I very, very much want to be involved in helping those senators, congressmen, and women who support the principles that made America great.
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Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
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A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.
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If you were a painter and a rock and roll musician and weren't established in either - to be an artist today you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.
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My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.
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The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic.
