It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
#quotes #rabindranath-tagore #human #leadership

People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
#quotes #compton-mackenzie #cat

Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
#quotes #john-greenleaf-whittier #people

There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
#quotes #thomas-carlyle #nature #art #life #government

I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
#quotes #joyce-carol-oates #criticism #art

The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
#quotes #david-lloyd #art #hope #reality

It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #life #faults

[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
#quotes #gary-d-schmidt #night

Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
#quotes #henry-ward-beecher #art #nature

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
#quotes #ben-nelson #constitution #freedom #liberty #amendment

My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
#quotes #tony-fernandes #air-asia

We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
#quotes #anthony-doerr #art #books

Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs

Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
#quotes #eric-maisel #humanity #art

There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
#quotes #cy-twombly #painting #art