Wyndham Lewis Quotes
Laughter is the climax in the tragedy of seeing, hearing and smelling self-consciously.
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.
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I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
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Wrestling in Japan, obviously, the fans are a little bit different - very quiet, very respectful in New Japan - but here in the WWE, these fans are going nuts.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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From the day he took office, President Obama has been open to any good idea when it comes to the budget, as long as supporting middle-class families remains our North Star. Republicans won't extract concessions over the full faith and credit of the United States.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I feel so great on a plane that it could be the end of everything, and I don't care.
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People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.
Gail Devers -
America should function as a Christian nation.
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I live for being with the people I love and to live as happily as possible.
Nastassja Kinski -
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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I don't have any regrets about not having kids. I've just never had those maternal feelings. I am a nurturer by nature, but I nurture adults: my friends, the people I work with. I don't want to nurture children.
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He trusted neither of them as far as he could spit, and he was a poor spitter, lacking both distance and control.
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Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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She wondered what had caused the bald pilgrims to vomit so uniformly, and whether they had vomited together in a single, well-orchestrated heave (to music perhaps, to the rhythm of a bus bhajan), or separately, one at a time.
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Laughter is the climax in the tragedy of seeing, hearing and smelling self-consciously.
