William Dobell Quotes

I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.

William Dobell

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• My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

  

  Laila Ali
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• It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.

  

  Walker Stapleton
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• Do you know what a showmance is? It is like being at a summer camp when you're a teenager. You spend summertime away from your home. When you spend three months very closely with someone at a particular place, it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved with that person.

  

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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• R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.

  

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• Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

  

  Yancy Butler
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• I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

  

  Saadi
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• I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Work
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• Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.

  

  Earl Monroe
  • Me
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• We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Trying
  • Chance
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• The dose makes the poison.

  

  Paracelsus
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• If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.

  

  Pat Benatar
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• Woman are complex creatures.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Woman
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• When people laugh at me, they are not laughing in the way that they normally would at a comedian. They are laughing with relief, because the truth has been spoken, and political correctness has not strangled this particular gigastar.

  

  Barry Humphries
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• The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of Government. But what is Government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

  

  James Madison
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• In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.

  

  James Wolk
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• It was only when I began modeling at 18 that I really began enjoying fashion and reading any fashion magazine I could get my hands on, and developing a profound respect for designers, fashion and how to wear it.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
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• When a patient does get an organ from another person, it comes from a different body. It has different properties, and a person's natural tendency is to reject that organ.

  

  Anthony Atala
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• Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.

  

  Orson F. Whitney
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  • Character
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• After 'The Wonder Years,' I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never even knew was possible. But after the character I was playing on 'The Wonder Years,' people said, 'Oh, would you like to do a Burger King thing? And there's a 7 Up thing...' And then I got to do 'Dilbert.' I think my voice kind of fit for that.

  

  Daniel Stern
  • People
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  • Character

• I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

  

  John Hodgman
  • Different
  • Character
  • Personality

• Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.

  

  Aristotle
  • Music
  • Character
  • Education

• If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.

  

  Brigham Young
  • Done
  • Power
  • Bad

• I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.

  

  William Dobell
  • Character
  • Wanted
  • Paint