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Wim Wenders

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WIM WENDERS easy prey.
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PABLO PICASSO The tables here all had to be sanded and painted, and the students had a big role in that.
JULIE TRENTMANN A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.
BIBLE Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his exciteme...
WAYNE DYER As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted l...
COLLEEN ATWOOD It's kind of bizarre for us ... I'm kind of surprised we're being painted as the bad guys here.
ROGER MCCARTHY We had an employee here, and his co-workers turned him in. Coming in to work with his farm truck.
CHRISTINA FLORES His foot had been bleeding profusely the entire time.
LEE MATTHEWS Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, ...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY As a gift to His people, the King painted their seven colors in the shape of a bridge in the sky, as...
E. MELLYBERRY I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look for...
WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look f...
WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Denn...
NATHAN LANE If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?
LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON This is like a real shock to the whole entire family. She painted her life to be perfect. We're real...
IRMA GOMEZ I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
KAT DENNINGS Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.
PATRICK DUFFY Absolutely not. If you look at Brian's record as a GM, it's filled with superlative performances. He...
LARRY BAER I resent his comments and don't agree with him being here. I was told from the beginning that if I h...
DIANE BENCZKOWSKI When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth arou...
LARS VON TRIER I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look for...
WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING If we want to make it look as good as possible, I would hope we have painted a better picture.
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JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it’s as if we are one person, with one mi...
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY You wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord...
BLACKADDER Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever...
THE TALMUD Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever...
THE TALMUD What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such paint...
PABLO PICASSO If a person spends his entire gratuity on books,he may get the money back,but if a person spends his...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The actor was perfect. He really had Truman down. I thought the entire movie was excellent. Truman h...
JANICE BIGGERS We had kind of painted ourselves into a corner.
HOWARD GORDON Don King isn't an idiot, he wouldn't be coming here if his boy had no chance,
FRANK WARREN If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or B...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or B...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships were built for.
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JHUMPA LAHIRI Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.
JEFFREY DEITCH What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such paint...
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KAGE BAKER Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell.
SARAH J. MAAS His name was up there. He was in first place the entire way. He's the best diver here by far.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or ...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The devil is not as black as he is painted.
DANTE ALIGHIERI Most women are not as young as they are painted.
MAX BEERBOHM Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
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MARSHALL MCLUHAN Jason’s entire body started to tremble, his pupils dilated. If they had tried to provoke him, they...
MARK A. COOPER I had a big collection of fried eggs that I painted
SHAKIRA No one had painted factories and landscapes with such violent colors.
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Monet grew his gardens
before he painted them.
ATTICUS POETRY If we work with complete faith in something, the entire universe will support us in achieving same.
ARVIND MEHTA Entire families work for Xerox.
ANNE M. MULCAHY Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small-clothes and looks as if he smelt it.
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GAIL GALLAGHER The most damaging phrase in the language is, "It's always been done that way".
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