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“All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see them. Surely it is not my fault that they fall into certain lines and angles.”
Source : To-Day Interview, as quoted in Aubrey Beardsley : A Biography (1999) by Matthew Sturgis, p. 200, 1894.
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“Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me to remain silent, my duty compels me to prevent them from doing any more harm.”
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“You have to know the past to understand the present.”
Source : Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.62, Ballantine Books
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“The World requires at least ten years to understand a new idea, however important or simple it may be.”
Source : Sir Ronald Ross (1910). “The Prevention of Malaria”
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“I really love having smart and important conversations on TV.”
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“God is good and I am always loved.”
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“Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.”
Source : "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.
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“There is no difference between sitting around the pit watching dogs fight and sitting around a summer barbecue roasting the corpses of tortured animals or enjoying the dairy or eggs from tortured animals.”