Oskar Kokoschka quote: "All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more."

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D. H. LAWRENCE

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NAJIB RAZAK

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.
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MARC ALMOND

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TAMORA PIERCE

I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
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BRAM COHEN

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DAVID HAREWOOD

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
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SHANE WARNE

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DAVID OYELOWO

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CLAIRE DANES

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CATE BLANCHETT

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SHIRLEY MACLAINE

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NATURI NAUGHTON

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WALTER F. MONDALE

It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
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That's all there is; there isn't any more.
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MARIN HINKLE

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ADAM ARKIN

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ADOLPH GOTTLIEB

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VICTORIA WOOD

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BOBBY BOWDEN

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RICK WAKEMAN

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CHERYL COLE

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PARKER YOUNG

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NANCY MEYERS

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TAYLOR SCHILLING

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AHMET NECDET SEZNER

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CLIVE BARKER

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BILLY WEST

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BILL NIGHY

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ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN

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TAISSA FARMIGA

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DWIGHT YOAKAM

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CARLI LLOYD

It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
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DREA DE MATTEO

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CHANNING TATUM

All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.

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Oskar Kokoschka

All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.

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