Georges Braque Quotes
Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about.
Quotes to Explore
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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Let us have peace.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
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For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.
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The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. The Talmud tells us that by saving a single human being, man can save the world.
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Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.
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Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.
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I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees.
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We made drawings the size of a whole quarter of a room ceiling, which we would then send on to the model makers. I did this every day for two years. Even now I can draw cartouches with my eyes closed.
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Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'
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Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.
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Like all her friends, I miss her greatly...But...I am sure there is no case for lamentation...Virginia Woolf got through an immense amount of work, she gave acute pleasure in new ways, she pushed the light of the English language a little further against darkness. Those are facts.
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To become a champion, you must first think like a champion, and the best way to think like a champion is start talking like a champion. So start talking today like the champion you could be, and your thoughts and actions will follow.
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Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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I learned that life is so, so fragile. I learned that you can know someone for just days and never forget the impression he left on you. I learned that art can be beautiful and sad at the same time. I learned that if someone loves you, he'll wait for you to love him back. I learned that how much you want something doesn't determine whether you get it or not, that "no" might not be enough, that life isn't fair, that my parents can't save me, that maybe no one can.
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Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about.
