#be

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself. ↗

— Edvard Munch

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I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#between #build #confuses #distracts #i

To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#any #anything #been #being #cannot

I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act. ↗

— Paul Muni

#actor #anything #call #guess #i

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#arrivals #being #community #disadvantaged #enabled

I know I am no better than anyone else in this world. ↗

— Frankie Muniz

#anyone #better #else #i #i am

I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused. ↗

— Peter Munk

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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.' ↗

— Olivia Munn

#applause #basketball #because #give #going

I just broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm officially single. But one thing I find unbelievably annoying is all these guys in my life who want to save me. ↗

— Olivia Munn

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I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere. ↗

— Olivia Munn

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