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Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic.… — Joe Bradley
Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision. — Christian Nestell Bovee
All creative art is magic , is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising, for the edification of mankind , pinned… — Joseph Conrad
We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking up during songs… — David First
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will… — William Lloyd Garrison
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. — Marcus Garvey
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to,… — Charles Dickens
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. — Benjamin Disraeli
If we don't make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This… — Louis Farrakhan
When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy. — Dwayne Johnson
I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like… — Elton John
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest. — Samuel Johnson
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America… — Frank B. Kellogg
My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian. — Robert E. Lee
To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in… — Barack Obama
I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since… — John C. Reilly
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. — Henry David Thoreau
About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient. — Gene Tierney
Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around.… — Christopher Walken
Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments… — Andrew Weil
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is… — James Whistler
The young among us are, as a general thing, allied to the world. But few maintain a special warfare against the internal foe. But few… — Ellen G. White

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