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• I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

  Francois Marie Arouet

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Martyrdom, Very

• Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

  Nikki Giovanni

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  Tags in Very, Cows

• Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It’s the aim of art to give it some.

  Jean Anouilh

  Topics in Art, Life

  Tags in Form, Aim, Give, Lacks, Very, Nice, Some

• If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends – you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.

  Alice Duer Miller

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• An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong.

  Russell Baker

  Topics in Education

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• Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.

  Edgar Degas

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• The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

  Carl Rogers

  Topics in Art

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• It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

  Henry Moore

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• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  Fran Lebowitz

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• Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

  Tom Stoppard

  Topics in Age, Inspirational

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