Antoine R. Ivins Quotes
If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
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Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
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If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
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Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.
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I wouldn't know how to retire.
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I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
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In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
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I can move any crowd.
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I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.
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I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.
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The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
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What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.
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You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
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I'm very interested in dance, and I'm very interested in how people express themselves through movement. And of course, cinema is a kinetic art form. It's almost the point of cinema - it's time-based and movement-based.
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I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.
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Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.
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I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town.
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Ein Künstler ist, wer sein Centrum in sich selbst hat. Wem es da fehlt, der muss einen bestimmten Führer und Mittler ausser sich wählen.
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In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system.
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If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
