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95a9904 Many Americans wonder why Robert Kennedy took no action against Lyndon Johnson if he suspected the vice president's complicity in the murder of his brother. In fact, we now know that Johnson was concerned that Robert Kennedy would object to his immediate ascendancy to the presidency. The very fact that Johnson would worry about something so constitutionally preordained virtually proved Johnson's fear that Kennedy would see through his role .. Roger Stone
0cf9715 Chris Brown, a software-development manager at the time. Brad Stone
0d37c5d The narrative fallacy, Bezos explained, was a term coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book The Black Swan to describe how humans are biologically inclined to turn complex realities into soothing but oversimplified stories. Brad Stone
4792626 Indignation. Best fuel I know. Never burns out. Irving Stone The Agony And The Ecstasy
43cb459 There's all the kids at home, and my mother and brother. And the men I pick up. But you live alone anyhow, don't you? It ain't people that count. It's having someone you really like. Irving Stone
481d28e Wiedzial dawniej, ze mozna zlamac reke lub noge i wyzdrowiec; do tej pory nie wiedzial jednak, ze mozna wyzdrowiec po ataku szalenstwa. Irving Stone
2cf10e4 Dintotdeauna cititul insemnase pentru el bucuria cea mai mare si mai statornica, si cu atat mai mult il pasiona acum, cand in povestea triumfului sau a infrangerilor, a suferintelor sau a bucuriilor altora gasea o evadare din umbra staruitoare a propriei sale nereusite... in fiecare carte pe care o citea incerca sa descopere telul care ar putea da vietii lui un nou sens. Irving Stone
a2bd356 Viata insasi indreapta spre om o fata goala, nepasatoare, descurajanta, pe care nu se citeste nimic, ca si pe panza asta goala. Dar omul nu se sperie de acest gol, paseste plin de incredere si de curaj, se zbate, cladeste, creeaza, si pana la urma, panza nu va mai ramane goala, ci se acopera cu formele bogate ale vietii. Irving Stone
3826608 Toata marea literatura are un caracter universal. Altfel piere. Irving Stone
127b3f8 Stiinta este arta de a crea iluzii acceptabile. Irving Stone
50262e2 Erezia unei generatii este ortodoxia generatiei urmatoare. Irving Stone
97e737c Nimeni nu poate scapa de suferinta, cel mai bun lucru pe care il putem face e sa nu suferim orbeste. Irving Stone
8865a7d Liubovta e solta na zhivota; chovek ima nuzhda ot neia, za da podchertae vkusa na sveta. Irving Stone
2cf96a2 I wanted the figures to be real and believable so that you would feel that with their very next breath would begin life itself. Irving Stone
10af113 His personal fulfillment did not lead him to evolve a cheerful Madonna; on the contrary this Madonna was sad; she had already, through his sculptures, known the Descent. The tranquility of his early bas-relief, when Mary still had her decision to make, could never be recaptured. This young mother was committed; she knew the end of her boy's life. That was why she was reluctant to let him go, this beautiful, husky,healthy boy, his hand clasp.. Irving Stone
71cfe76 He had come into the autumn of his life: a man had his seasons, even as had the earth. Was the harvesting of autumn less important than the seeding of spring? Each without the other was meaningless. Irving Stone
26cad9f Toulouse-Lautrec blew in, winded from six flights of stairs, but still as hilarious and ribald as ever. "Vincent," he exclaimed, while shaking hands, "I passed an undertaker on the stairs. Was he looking for you or me?" "For you, Lautrec! He couldn't get any business out of me." "I'll make you a little wager, Vincent. I'll bet your name comes ahead of mine in his little book." "You're on. What's the stake?" "Dinner at the Cafe Athens, and a.. Irving Stone
5067433 Art destroys the life. Irving Stone
ff45f95 But you can draw people's faces, can't you? I'm sure lots of women here in Etten would like to have their portraits painted. There's a living in that." "Yes, I suppose so. But I'll have to wait until my drawing is right." His mother was breaking eggs into a pan of sour cheese she had strained the day before. She paused with half the shell of an egg in each hand and turned from the stove. "You mean you have to make your drawing right so the .. Irving Stone
ef7bc09 He did not know how much time passed. He got up, ripped the canvas off the frame, threw it into a corner, and put on a new one. He mixed some paints, sat down, and began work. One starts with a hopeless struggle to follow nature, and everything goes wrong; one ends by calmly creating from one's palette, and nature agrees with it and follows. On croit que j'imagine--ce n'est pas vrai--je me souviens. It was just as Pietersen had told him in .. Irving Stone
7b50a34 The most important idea he gleaned from the swift, learned talk was that religion and knowledge could exist side by side, enriching each other. Greece and Rome, before the dawn of Christianity, had built gloriously in the arts, humanities, sciences, philosophy. Then for a thousand years all such wisdom and beauty had been crushed, declared anathema, buried in darkness. Now this little group of men, the sensual Poliziano, the lined Landino, .. Irving Stone
28b08a6 There is only a God-given number of years in which to work and fulfill yourself. Don't squander them. Irving Stone
6859eef He...breathed in heavy gulps of air to prove to himself that he was three-dimensional. Irving Stone
779ad15 These workers," said Mendes with a gentle sweep of his arm, "have a hard life of it. When illness comes they have no money for a doctor. The food for tomorrow comes from today's labour, and hard labour it is, too. Their houses, as you see, are small and poor; they are never more than a stone's throw away from privation and want. They've made a bad bargain with life; they need the thought of God to comfort them." illness god van-gogh Irving Stone
2c22bb7 Alla guerra di amor vince chi fugge. Irving Stone
5058e66 Because it will make a real artist of you. The more you suffer, the more grateful you ought to be. An empty stomach is better than a full one, Van Gogh, and a broken heart is better than happiness. Never forget that! suffering happiness life lust-for-life starrynight vangogh suffer artist Irving Stone
55d9067 I have to make my drawing right so that my drawing will be right. Irving Stone
a9449ce That may be true. But, Theo, there is one thing I cannot understand. You have never sold a single drawing or painting for me; in fact you have never even tried. Now have you? "No." "Why not?" "I've shown your work to the connoisseurs. They say . . ." "Oh, the connoisseurs!" Vincent shrugged his shoulders. "I'm well acquainted with the banalities in which most connoisseurs indulge. Surely, Theo, you must know that their opinions have very li.. Irving Stone
a13385e Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness. Harlan F. Stone
79c2f70 Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority. Harlan F. Stone
d0772c1 Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda. I. F. Stone
528e383 A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements. I. F. Stone
1d230fb I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power. Lucy Stone
bb4a08b Make the world better. Lucy Stone
42cfb54 We have an obligation to those who died ... to remember Oliver Stone
4f27001 This way madness lies. Robert Stone (novelist)
6fffc1b If somebody ever tells you, Geraldine, that they need you, you tell them to buy a dog." Robert Stone (novelist)
f1a9a2e You and I, my boy, compose a tiny island of sanity in what is otherwise a fucking nuthouse." Robert Stone (novelist)
66545c2 When you stir up the bottom you naturally bring up some big fish." Robert Stone (novelist)
bb716f8 The Deep Six comes for all, babe, the rich man and Lazarus." Robert Stone (novelist)
ace61fe All anybody cares about in this fucking country, he thought, is money. Robert Stone (novelist)
cc80f7e It's a Walt fucking Disney true life adventure, sweetheart," he told her. "That's all it is." Robert Stone (novelist)
b52cc78 It's what you want, he told himself. Don't obsess over it. Do it. Robert Stone (novelist)
dc0d578 There were two hungers and an illusion of fulfilment. Robert Stone (novelist)
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