Corner Quotes

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I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
But this is what I know about people getting ready to walk of the edge of their own lives: they want someone to know how… — Tana French
Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to… — Archie Shepp
We know all along that time is squeezing us into a corner while we mentally rocket to each new star that flares across our sky,… — Seymour Krim
If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is. — Graham Yost
To the present writer a careful study of the facts now available seems to leave no doubt that civilization was born at the southeast corner… — James Henry Breasted
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern… — John W. Vessey, Jr.
I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in… — Rosalind Franklin
I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey… — Miguel de Cervantes
Broad, wholesome, charitable views .. can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth. — Mark Twain
No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise. — Mark Twain
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner. — Leigh Hunt
That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of… — Claude Monet
The greatest unsolved mysteries are the mysteries of our existence as conscious beings in a small corner of a vast universe. — Freeman Dyson
When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep… — Ramakrishna
A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Throw away those little pieces of paper. Get yourself a big, beautiful canvas. Bring from this nature the most beautiful colors. Find the serene scene… — Prem Rawat
Tony Stewart -- Broke out a new chassis at Pocono Raceway last June and raced to the checkered flag for his first victory of 2003;… — Tony Stewart
Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you… — Karl Urban

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