William Merritt Chase Quotes
It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
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I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my youth - limited edition, vintage, whatever. You could recognise people and judge their character through their trainers. I'm a Nike man.
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Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
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My grandma told me never, ever, ever to use soap on my face. But I do use lotion.
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
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You care enough, that you want your life to be fulfilled in a living way, not in a painting way, not in a writing way... you really do want it to be involving in living, corresponding with other living objects, moving, changing, that kind of thing.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.
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I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.
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It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it.
