Otto Dix Quotes
I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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When the family dies, the nation follows.
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For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life
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In war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother.
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The thing is, you don't want to overact or be full of yourself.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
