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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

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Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with joy at the sight of the unutterable calamity of the impious. ↗

— Peter Lombard

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But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk. ↗

— John Lone

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Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer. ↗

— Karl Marx

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Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. ↗

— George Mason

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It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. ↗

— Henri Matisse

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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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