J. P. McEvoy famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is, "Yes dear".
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Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming.
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Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.
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Peace of mind is much better than giving them a piece of your mind.
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Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, and if you want it any different you can join a Shubert chorus
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The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.
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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a built-in resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life. Poetry is a verbal means to a nonverbal source. It is a motion to no-motion, to the still point of contemplation and deep realization.
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While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.
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How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."
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To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesn’t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.
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It's clear your marriage is a happy one Your love is solid to the core May the years ahead be happy ones Each one happier than before
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We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.
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Never let shyness conquer your mind.
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The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.
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Do not give way to lowness while you are young. Rise up on the strength of God and resolve to conquer.
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