Bram van Velde Quotes
Artists don’t live in the everyday world. That’s why people think they’re an odd bunch.
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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Europe can be saved.
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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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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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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
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I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O.
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When we judge other people we confront them in a spirit of detachment, observing and reflecting as it were from the outside. But love has neither time nor opportunity for this. If we love, we can never observe the other person with detachment, for he is always and at every moment a living claim to our love and service.
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I think nothing has been filmed as much as World War II.
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One of the greatest things about writing as a profession is that the words of Tolstoy, Chesterton and Dostoyevsky have lived for a hundred years and are just as powerful today. Their words have changed me just as much as the people I actually met.
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I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.
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Artists don’t live in the everyday world. That’s why people think they’re an odd bunch.
