Alexander Calder Quotes
..the elimination of other things which are not essential will make for a stronger result.
Quotes to Explore
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The sun never sets on my gallery.
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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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Though there are some notable exceptions, by and large the persistent ranting of the Warren Commission critics, some of whom were screaming the word 'conspiracy' before the fatal bullet had even come to rest, came to remind me, as H. L. Mencken said in a different context, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights.
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No one seems to wash in Middle-earth.
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You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
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The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
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Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
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My biggest luck was the Terry McMillan era, because what happened after the phenomenon of 'Waiting to Exhale' is that publishing woke up. They said, 'Wow. Black people do read.'
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I've got heaps of dreams.
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What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.
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In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
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Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.
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He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
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The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.
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Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.
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I'm looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long.
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I'm a doofus from the Valley, a blue-collar guy.
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Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It:
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An affirmation is simply a positive declaration of something you believe to be true or something you expect to become true and desire to live by. Affirmations transform your thinking, your attitudes, and finally, your behavior. Their impact on attitudes and behavior help to produce the results you desire.
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..the elimination of other things which are not essential will make for a stronger result.
