Ben Nicholson Quotes

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

Ben Nicholson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 10, 1894 - February 6, 1982

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My natural gravitation is toward the gray and the black and the white and the burgundy. Sort of muted, cool colors.

Jessica Pare

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Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

Joel McHale

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I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet.

Andrew Sullivan

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Through bitcoin, the Argentines are developing an economy which doesn't require the bankers.

Max Keiser

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To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well.

Michael Beck

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I used to do kickboxing, because I liked the cute outfits.

Monica Keena

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Ultimately, the ability to inspire people to live healthier and happier lives is what excites me both personally and professionally.

Mindy Grossman

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My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

Judy Blume

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Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?

Clara Schumann

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I didn't really inhabit myself until I was in my 30s. And motherhood is an epic event. You can't help but be altered by it - and it is important to be.

Anne-Marie Duff

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I can't be separated from nature. I am one of her faces.

Anohni

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Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.

Arto Lindsay

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