Irving Stone Quotes

Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.

Irving Stone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 14, 1903 - August 26, 1989

Topics

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Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. I was 4 or 5 or whatever. I think it's a fairly common story.

Stephan Pastis

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I saw my friends being beaten because they said no to child marriage.

Sonita Alizadeh

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I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.

Simone Biles

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Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

Mike Simpson

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Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.

Lisa Murkowski

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In 1968, I bought a 114-foot yacht, built in 1946, and lived on the Greek islands for a while. We had an extraordinary time in it. Then I gave it to The Beatles.

Donovan

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That's kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure.

Chauncey Billups

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I'm a product of amateur wrestling, and there is no one there to help you with matches or win matches - you have to do it yourself.

Bobby Lashley

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If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

Philippe Falardeau

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There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from character to character. And one day, I said, 'And where is mine?' You know? And the moment I started to feel that fear, I stopped and I slowed down.

Penelope Cruz

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I grew up in an average middle-class family. I don't think I even knew any friends who were fostered or adopted.

Sherri Saum

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I'm not a believer in bringing back the draft. But I am a huge proponent of national service.

Seth Moulton

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