Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

Joseph Addison

Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.

Ambrose Bierce

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it should do, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

John Cantwell Kiley

Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

Edward Weston

I'm not a hypochondriac, but my gynaecologist firmly believes I am.

Rodney Dangerfield

When I look about me, I see everywhere hope, calm resolution, courage, enthusiasm to face all difficulties, to settle all problems. ... We do not anticipate, and we do not want, that any individuals should forget the land of their origin or their ancestors. Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, "Quoted in

Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.

Ralph B. Perry

Fidel Castro essentially forced these guys to leave Cuba. It wasn't really even a choice. It was either stay at home, be handed a broom and told 'have a nice life' or they could leave Cuba and continue playing baseball.

Joe Kehoskie

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Samuel Butler

The only way to start is to start.

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Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

Idris Elba