Camille Pissarro Quotes
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.Camille Pissarro
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
Yann Martel -
I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
Paget Brewster -
They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
Samuel Barber -
The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
Felix Dennis -
I'm a wonderful editor. That's what I do best. I know exactly what I want. If I have to decide whether to wear the red dress or the blue dress or what should I have said, I am constantly changing my mind.
Barbara Walters
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
Malorie Blackman -
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers.
Baha'u'llah -
What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
Barry Humphries -
Every idea has its time.
Vicente Fox -
The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.
Barry Eisler
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
Paloma Faith -
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
Jackie Robinson -
I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
Mackenzie Astin -
I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
Aaron Diehl -
I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika -
I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
J. B. Pritzker
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In the really hard cases you're choosing between the disastrous and the catastrophic, and it's hard to tell someone which one is which.
John Kenneth Galbraith -
A guy I interviewed for Hard Times says, "What do I remember about the Great Depression? That I was hungry, that's all." Elemental things.
Studs Terkel -
You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
Barbara Boxer -
You have to be responsible for the energy you're putting out into the world.
Oprah Winfrey -
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
Camille Pissarro