Alexej von Jawlensky Quotes
..human faces are for me only suggestions to see something else in them – the life of colour, seized with a lover's passion.
Alexej von Jawlensky
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I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining.
Nathan Fillion
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
Malcolm Muggeridge
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.
Jackie Collins
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Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
Warren Spector
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
Manuel Puig
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I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.
Warren Spector
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My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened.
Warren Christopher
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While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
Zac Goldsmith
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History develops, art stands still.
E. M. Forster
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I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A. I was afraid of having to start all over again, which happened. But we got lucky.
Ian Gomez
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack Obama
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'My imaginary friends have become my imaginary children.' -Chris Colfer on his characters
Chris Colfer
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My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.
Bonnie Hunt
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Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Many Africans succumb to the idea that they can't do things because of what society says. Images of Africa are negative - war, corruption, poverty. We need to be proud of our culture.
Dambisa Moyo
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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
Oscar Wilde
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..human faces are for me only suggestions to see something else in them – the life of colour, seized with a lover's passion.
Alexej von Jawlensky
