Pablo Picasso Quotes
Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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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 think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is :-)
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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Prince Bismarck once said that one-third of the students of German universities broke down from overwork; another third broke down from dissipation, and the other third ruled Germany.
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Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.
