"France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century."

-- Raoul Dufy

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“When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.”

Source : Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Address, delivered 31 May 1995
“The physical signs of measles are nearly the same as those of smallpox, but nausea and inflammation is more severe, though the pains in the back are less.”
“I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.”
“Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.”

Source : "Heading for home" by Rick Reilly, abcnews.go.com. June 10, 2014.
“Heroes inspire us for many reasons: they make tough decisions, they keep going and they get done what matters. But thereâ€™s another reason we love our heroes. Inside us all, we know we have the power to become one ourselves.”
“When you're a ball hawk, you should have a mohawk.”
“Choice is always performed against a background of habit.”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1983). “Until Justice and Peace Embrace: The Kuyper Lectures for 1981 Delivered at the Free University of Amsterdam”, p.34, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no other record than their works; no preconcerted theory described the workings of the imagination to be without imagination, nor did they venture to teach how to invent invention.”

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