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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of… — Victor Hugo
You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in… — Anna Paquin
How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms — Aristotle
Our lives today are not conducted in linear terms. They are much more quantified; a stream of random events is taking place. — J. G. Ballard
It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events,… — Ansel Adams
All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when… — Ansel Adams
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning… — Edward Weston
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in… — Georgia O'Keeffe
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations… — Richard Henry Lee
The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. This 'outgrowing',… — Carl Jung
Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation. — Jacques Barzun
The essence of totalitarian government, and perhaps the nature of every bureaucracy, is to make functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery out of… — Hannah Arendt
One of the principal motifs of Nietzsche's work is that Kant had not carried out a true critique because he was not able to pose… — Gilles Deleuze
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors,… — Thucydides
I am at war with the living, I have come to terms with the dead. — Hamilcar Barca
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. — Dan Quayle
I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate. — Dan Quayle
I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling. — E. L. James
The reason women don't vote for Republicans is not that they haven't had the impact of Republican policies spelled out in simple enough terms for… — Renee Ellmers
I work with nature, although in completely new terms. — Bridget Riley
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the… — Sol LeWitt
I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have… — PJ Harvey
But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of… — Condoleezza Rice

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