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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. ↗

— Balthus

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But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient. ↗

— Willie Aames

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I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. ↗

— Willie Aames

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My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

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I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd. ↗

— Diane Abbott

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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

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My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground. ↗

— King Abdullah II

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