Nelson Shanks (John Nelson Shanks) Quotes
If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past..
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Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs.
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You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.
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You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
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You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.
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I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
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When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.'
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Live and allow others to live; hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.
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My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.
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The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion.
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Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.
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Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that in-forms the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for its institutions, rituals and power structure; and gives a map of the purpose and stages of life.
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That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
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Even at the cost of what is called honor and honesty? That is comfortable philosophy, and having preached and practiced it all my days I've no right to condemn it. But the saints would call it sinful and dangerous and tell you that life should be one long penance full of sorrow, sacrifice and psalm-singing.
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One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike-and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
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I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.
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Life is about surviving loss.
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It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.
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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
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'But let me ask you this though, first and foremost: who's your favorite Spice Girl? Mine is Sporty Spice and I'll tell you why. You know what? She might not be as aesthetically pleasant as the rest but she'll do a backflip and steal your heart.'
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An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.
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If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past..
