Andre Lhote Quotes
Is it not quite a modern vice, this habit of draining a canvas at a single glance as some people gulp down a cocktail, and complaining of unintelligibility and complication whenever a work requires study and patience on the part of the spectator?
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Funny is an attitude.
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.
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I'm proud of my sexuality.
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We are living in a world where everything is based on security.
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We built a business for ourselves just out of hard work, and I think people really want to hear from us about that.
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My agent will say, 'Well, it's another graphic novel.' I don't care. It's better writing than anything else that's out there. The characters are much better.
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An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.
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Is it not quite a modern vice, this habit of draining a canvas at a single glance as some people gulp down a cocktail, and complaining of unintelligibility and complication whenever a work requires study and patience on the part of the spectator?
