Leon Battista Alberti Quotes
We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
Quotes to Explore
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If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
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It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.
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The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.
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What draws us to him so closely is that he combined a disillusioned estimate of human nature sufficient to launch twenty little cynics, with a craving for love any sympathy urgent enough to turn a weaker nature into a benign sentimentalist.
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The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
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The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).
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Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire.
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We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
