Edward Hopper Quotes
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions. I find any digression from this large aim leads me to boredom.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
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I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.
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The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
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Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
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I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
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I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.
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I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love.
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I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.
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I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.
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Saddam Hussein was fascinated by ancient Babylon and Assyria. He made money available to protect and develop the great archaeological sites. The great achievements of Mesopotamian civilisation were pressed into the service of the Ba'athist regime.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end.
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The most valuable thing to me seems to be time, and with time, I can be great. I have been... and I will be.
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
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I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions. I find any digression from this large aim leads me to boredom.
