"Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent."

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Source : Diego Rivera, with Gladys March (2012). “My Art, My Life: An Autobiography”, p.18, Courier Corporation

Diego Rivera

#Pride Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Done Quotes

“I have a dream of getting a visa, which is a dream that many people have so they can leave their countries to come someplace else, specifically they want to come to the United States.”

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“Okay, look at it this way: if the evening news has a very high probability of being accurate, then it's highly improbable that they would inaccurately report the numbers chosen in the lottery. That counterbalances any improbability in the choosing of those numbers, so you're quite rational to believe in this highly improbable event.”
“Whitney Houston, one of my biggest inspirations, also had that same mindset because her songs vary from R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel.”

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“I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.”

Source : Gerrit Smith (1856). “Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress”, p.300
“Saddam is a war criminal and there are no two people who can argue over this.”
“I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies.”
“Why?" asked her companion. "Why do you love him when you ought not to?" Edna, with a motion or two, dragged herself on her knees before Mademoiselle Reisz, who took the glowing face between her two hands. "Why? Because his hair is brown and grows away from his temples; because he opens and shuts his eyes, and his nose is a little out of drawing; because he has two lips and a square chin, and a little finger which he can't straighten from having played baseball too energetically in his youth. Because - " "Because you do, in short," laughed Mademoiselle.”
“... God cometh sometimes unto the soul when it hath neither called, nor prayed unto, nor summoned Him. And He doth instil into the soul a fire and a love and a sweetness not customary, wherein it doth greatly delight and rejoice ... Thus doth the soul feel that God is mingled with it and hath made companionship with it.”

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