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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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.
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We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.
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The dose makes the poison.
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Woman are complex creatures.
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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.
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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?
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In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.
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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.
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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.
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Companies are getting bitten by hiring a data scientist who isn't really a data scientist.
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Music fathoms the sky.
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Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.
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I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be.
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I would be dishonorable in a relationship because I wasn't getting what I wanted from that person.
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There are so many new young poets, novelists, and playwrights who are much less politically committed than the former generations. The trend is to be totally concentrated on the literary aesthetic and to consider politics to be something dirty that shouldn't be mixed with an artistic or a literary vocation.
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We have such a good time working together. It makes such a difference going to work every day for 14 hours and being able to hang out and have a good time.
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I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.
