Marc Chagall Quotes

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

Marc Chagall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 7, 1887 - March 28, 1985

Topics

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Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.

Joe Pitts

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I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

Jerry Springer

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You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

Jerry West

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I ate everything - a lot of pizza, bags of chips and boxes of cookies. Now I love chicken, that's all I eat.

Robert Iler

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Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it's transformative.

Ann Dowd

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I don't want the United States to be Athens on the Potomac.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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Only ugliness is obscene.

Mary Quant

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I started playing poker in 2003 during my pregnancy, to distract myself from my awful morning sickness. For months all I did was cry and play Texas Hold'em.

Cheryl Hines

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I should have only one cup of coffee a day. I try to do that most of the time, but sometimes on the road you need a little more.

Cindy Wilson

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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

Boris Yeltsin

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Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.

Peter Marino

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I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.

Penelope Lively

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