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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. ↗

— Claude Monet

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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. ↗

— Claude Monet

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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree. ↗

— Eddie Money

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For the most part, I get to do what I want to do. If I want to play poker, I can. If I don't want to play poker, I don't have to. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#i #i can #most #part #play

You have it or you don't... I think I have it. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#i think #think #you

Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation. ↗

— Maria Monk

#enough #few #had #hastily #her

All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision. ↗

— Maria Monk

#around #doubts #experience #felt #give

Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty. ↗

— Maria Monk

#altar #assembled #before #belonging #ceremony

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#charm #eloquence #great

She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled! ↗

— Maria Monk

#another #baptized #born #convent #dreadful