Georges Seurat Quotes
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.
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I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform moves are resisted. Bureaucrats are hesitant to take bold decisions.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
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You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.
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If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.
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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.
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I could only relax when there was just one tiny white last spot left. I could see more clearly. I could grasp the shape of the picture again... The pictures are alive because of the white remnant, the almost concealment.
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I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy.
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Painting is the art of hollowing a surface.
