George Shinn Quotes
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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If you really want to step up your team's creative thinking, take a hard look at how many people you're putting in a room together. More than three to five is probably too many.
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One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
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The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.
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Earlier, looking lighter or slimmer never mattered to me. Frankly, I didn't care. I had more important things to do. But when I figured that it's not that hard, and I have the time, passion and patience to take it up, I jumped onto the health-wagon. I started working out.
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With 'The Vampire Diaries,' it's not just a tease, especially with the relationships. You're not sitting there going, 'God, I wish they'd get it over with and kiss!' There's no teasing, they jump right into the action.
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I say that religion isn’t about believing things. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.
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I want to make more films in the heartland, the forgotten America.
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No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
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The only thing my father and I have in common is that our similarities are different.
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He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes to its maximum only to the man who has given up golf.
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My show 'The Big House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.' It's a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can't.
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I'd rather have a full house at a medium price than half-full at a high price.
