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The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

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Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

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We are a species that must try to impose and find systems - systems of thought, ways of organizing and categorizing reality. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

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And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

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It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

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Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

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