"When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty."

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Margaret Deland

#Two Quotes #Ems Quotes #Duty Quotes

“You are to draw not reality, but the appearance of reality!”

Source : William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns
“I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.”
“I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt”
“I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy”
“A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.”
“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.”

Source : Lionel Trilling, Leon Wieseltier (2009). “The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays”, p.99, Northwestern University Press
“Relationships are like apples: they can be sweet and satisfying. But once you bite into a bad one, it's hard to go back to the barrel again.”
“I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters.”

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