#rve

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#poetry #preserved #thus

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country. ↗

— Danny Glover

#country #main #purveyors #violence #world

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#behavior #engaged #everyone #human #human behavior

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. ↗

— Graham Greene

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These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd. ↗

— Joe Henderson

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Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice? ↗

— William Dean Howells

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I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

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A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security. ↗

— Carl Levin

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