"I put it (a still life of a pear, made by Manet, ed.) there (on the wall, next to Ingres' Jupiter, ed.), for a pear like that would overthrow any god."

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Edgar Degas

#Wall Quotes #Artist Quotes #Jupiter Quotes

“A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.”
“There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.”
“David Pietrusza has a gift for making the past both real and dramatically gripping.”
“To do so no more is the truest repentance.”
“The Jews are the most hateful and the most shameful of the small nations.”
“If I want to get work done, that's usually about 3 in the morning.”
“To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.”

Source : "Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice". Book by John Ashcroft, 2006.
“I was diagnosed with a severe temporal spatial deficit, a learning disability that means I have zero spatial relations skills. It was official: I was a genius trapped in an idiot's body.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.24, Penguin

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