William Dobell Quotes
So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and, in the case of portraits, no characterisation.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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One of my favorite experiences in my career, certainly one of the most interesting characters I've ever played, was Simon Lee on 'The Event.' That was a show I was quite proud of and a character I really enjoyed playing. It was one of the most three-dimensional characters that was ever written for me and that I'd ever gotten to play.
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I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.
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Oh I haven't got a clue what to do with you,Jesus all the things my head is going through.
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Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought - before there is any connection with logical construction in words or other kinds of signs which can be communicated to others.
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A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
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Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'
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Throughout my college years, I'd watch my sister squeal every Christmas as she unwrapped another 'Buffy' DVD set. I didn't know much about the series, but I was filled with that obnoxious self-importance that comes from having decided to be an Academic Who Reads Serious Things.
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You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.
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I don't want little kids reading my comics.
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Throughout my career, when I have been rejected, there was sometimes subtext, and it was this: People will not read your work because these are not universal stories.
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I’ve always wanted to be one of those people who didn’t really care much about what people thought about them.. but I don’t think I am.
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You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer.
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Clear declaration of truth makes a difference in people's lives. That is what changes hearts. That is what the Holy Ghost can confirm in the hearts of God's children.
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So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and, in the case of portraits, no characterisation.
