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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. ↗

— James Baldwin

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It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. ↗

— John Irving

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When you SEE into the invisible, you will DARE to do the impossible! ↗

— John Paul Warren

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I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots. ↗

— George McGovern

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I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House. ↗

— George McGovern

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Macbeth: If we should fail? Lady Macbeth: We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art. ↗

— Roman Payne

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