Auguste Renoir Quotes
There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.
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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I would like to direct.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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My parents had never been to Germany. But I knew what I didn't want to write about, and I didn't want to write about Edinburgh. A lot of writers find Edinburgh fascinating, but I never did. As a matter of fact, I couldn't wait to get away from it.
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Our lyrics deal with real issues that face all humans: choices in life, depression, self-esteem. And the fans know that we are there for them, and they are there for us.
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Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
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There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.
