George Inness Quotes
The true use of art is, first, to cultivate the artist's own spiritual nature.
George Inness
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
Randall Terry
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
Natalie Portman
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Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.
Randy West
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the task of producing these substances by artificial methods, i.e. by synthesis, as we call it.
Otto Wallach
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I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
Og Mandino
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Mental silence is the perfect response to a challenge.
Vernon Howard
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'You mean he's dead too?' asked Suzy. 'Yes,' said Dusk. 'This morning, in his cell. The guards outside were also slain, and only Sir Thursday's boots remained.' 'Sounds more like he escaped,' Suzy said. 'His feet were still in the boots,' said Dusk.
Garth Nix
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We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment. Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to ORDER.
Napoleon Hill
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Настоящее произведение искусства делает то, что в сознании воспринимающего уничтожается разделение между ним и художником...
Leo Tolstoy
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The thought of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni nursing secret, unfulfilled ambitions saddened Mma Ramotswe, as did the thought of people wanting something very much indeed and not getting the thing they yearned for. When we dismiss or deny the hopes of others, she thought, we forget that they, like us, have only one chance in this life.
Alexander McCall Smith
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The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog.
Carrie Underwood
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
Nalo Hopkinson
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My son died from cancer. My granddaughter died from cancer. I have a lot of reasons to think that reality is not a friendly neighborhood. And the stories that I tell distract me, and if I do the job right, they distract people from things that are happening to them that they wish had never happened.
David Morrell
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Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
Dante Alighieri
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Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.
Tacitus
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The true use of art is, first, to cultivate the artist's own spiritual nature.
George Inness
