Figures Quotes

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No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole… — Albrecht Durer
Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in… — Mark McGwire
When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school. — Diane Ravitch
After wishing for years to be given-the-opportunity of filming some of the more 'mystical' occupations of our Times - some of the more obscure Public… — Stan Brakhage
I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one… — L'Wren Scott
Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures. — Frank Wedekind
Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. — Martin Cruz Smith
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically — Gavin DeGraw
Follow up the interview with a phone call. If Carrot Top can figure out how to use a phone, so can you. — Tom Cole
I believe in intelligence, and I believe also that there are inherited differences in intellectual ability, but I do not believe that intelligence is a… — Peter Medawar
I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else. — John Tenniel
In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white… — Richard Rodriguez
I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure â€” that's a verifiable fact. — Megyn Kelly
There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening -… — Gustav Klimt
Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the… — Sri Aurobindo
Know what you want, decide when you want it, figure your plan of action, follow through on it, and never doubt. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out. — Alex Katz
The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how much subject matter… — Jim Dine
Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off… — George Thorogood
I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest… — Oksana Baiul

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