Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Men will deal rude blows to that which is the cause of their life:-They will thrash the grain.
Quotes to Explore
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I would like to direct.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
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We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications - government agencies have always been able to gain access with appropriate court orders.
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Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.
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I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.
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I liked my fellow Marines. I didn't like pointless orders.
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Maybe I could survive in one of those resort prisons where they house white-collar criminals. I've always wanted to get better at tennis.
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Men will deal rude blows to that which is the cause of their life:-They will thrash the grain.
