Augustus John Quotes
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
Harry Browne -
I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
Ted Nugent -
I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could.
Vanessa Morgan -
I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.
Paloma Faith -
Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.
Gal Gadot -
I attended an evangelical Christian university on the outskirts of suburban Los Angeles and by the time of my graduation was neither evangelical nor Christian.
Mallory Ortberg
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
J. D. Salinger -
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
Oliver North -
The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.
Raghuram Rajan -
No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.
Valerie Jarrett -
No day is alike, nor should it be.
Donna Edwards -
There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
Alexander McQueen
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Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you.
Banana Yoshimoto -
A Pretty Mouth is a fine and stylish collection that pays homage to the tradition of the weird while blazing its own sinister mark. Tanzer's debut is as sharp and polished as any I've seen.
Laird Barron -
It was too much Tequila, or not quite enough.
Jimmy Buffett -
Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.
Rita Mae Brown -
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.
Abraham Lincoln -
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.
Melody Beattie
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
R. Kelly -
I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
Aaliyah -
The papacy is an impossible job. So the best thing Catholics can do for the pope is to pray for him.
George Weigel -
A painter leaves his emotions behind him for posterity to share.
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