Charles Rennie Mackintosh Quotes
Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but art is the flower which embodies its meaning
Quotes to Explore
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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Certainly, hunger can bring out the worst in us. But it can also bring out the best.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was.
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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure.
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Così fa ch'ella un poco il duol raffrena;Ch'avendo ove sfogarlo, è meno acerbo.
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Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.
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Fresh sneakers are important on a man. It's like a new pair of boxers or a new pair of socks.
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It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.
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I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Research shows that girls look at leadership differently than boys.
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Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.
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Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but art is the flower which embodies its meaning
