"A good cover has a distinct silhouette"

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Source : Kent Steine, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederic B. Taraba (1996). “The J.C. Leyendecker collection: American illustrators poster book”

J. C. Leyendecker

#Silhouettes Quotes

“History must judge John F. Kennedy not only by what he was able to accomplish in a thousand days, but also by what he inspired all of us to volunteer to do for our country.”
“Even the darkest of villans-can have a hero's heart.”
“If it's possible to be in a good situation replacing a legend, he's in a good situation.”
“I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.”
“The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.”
“The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.”
“In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on.”
“I love to watch my daughter. At twenty-two months, that little soul is developing at a rate I will never understand. She's kind of taught me that growth and expansion are a person's natural state and inclination.”

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