Vary Quotes

• The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

  Marc Chagall

  Art, Lying, Sleep

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• Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

  Agatha Christie

  Attitude, Soul, Mind

  Agatha Christie (1956). “Surprise Endings by Hercule Poirot: Including The A. B. C. Murders, Murder in Three Acts, and Cards on the Table”

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• To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Song, Teacher, Art

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• It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Order, Envy, May

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• The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Lying, Artist, World

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• For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.

  Claude Monet

  Change, Doe, Landscape

  Joachim Pissarro, Claude Monet (1990). “Monet's cathedral: Rouen 1892-1894”, Pavilion Books, Limited

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• Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

  Victor Hugo

  Beauty, Art, Flesh

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• Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.

  François Lelord

  People, Heaven, Earth

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.87, Gallic Books

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  For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.

  Claude Monet

  Life, Change, Stars

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• If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year.

  Charles Stross

  Writing, Years, Long

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 02, 2012.

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• It varies by community. At (one local community) we've never offered them. But at most communities, we offer 2 or 3 percent off base price.

  Roger Lewis

  Communication, Community, Offers

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• Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.

  William Hogarth

  Lines, Length, Straight Lines

  William Hogarth (2015). “Aestheticism in Art”, p.77, Parkstone International

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• In fiction, I tend to write fairly realistic dialogue-not always, and it tends to vary
  from book to book. But in many books, there is a colloquialism of address. The characters will speak in a quite idiosyncratic way sometimes.

  Don DeLillo

  Book, Writing, Character

  Interview with Martha Lavey, www.steppenwolf.org.

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• Painting it was hard graft... in addition red, yellow, brown ochre, black, terra sienna, bistre, and the result is a red-brown that varies from bistre to deep wine-red and to pale, blond reddish.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Wine, Yellow, Black

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• There are a ton of A-list stars I'd love to dress - fashionistas like Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson. Also, Cate Blanchett would be fun and fabulous. My picks vary by the day and how I'm feeling. But, as a new, young designer, I'm open to working with everyone!

  Christian Siriano

  Stars, Fun, Feelings

  "Project Runway's Fiercest Designer Ever". Interview with Leonora Epstein, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 29, 2008.

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• The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the South, keep the window screened with cloth, so that with the sun shining the whole day the light may not vary. The height of the light so arranged as that every object shall cast a shadow on the ground of the same length as itself.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Order, Drawing, Light

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.183, GENERAL PRESS

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• Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature.

  Guy Finley

  Mean, Cells, Years

  "Fear and the ‘Anti-Change Factor’" by Guy Finley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2012.

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• Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing.

  Jonathan Kellerman

  Book, Writing, Years

  Interview with Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub, and Wiley Saichek, www.bookreporter.com. November 21, 2003.

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• Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from?

  Toby Jones

  Beautiful, Light, Voice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how important it is to vary your workouts.

  Summer Glau

  Workout, Important, Realizing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.

  Alan Ladd

  Tired, Air, Voice

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• The WILL is always near, dear, though the feet vary.

  Emily Dickinson

  Feet, Dear

  Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). “The Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.486, Harvard University Press

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• I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you're in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Humanity, Doubt, May

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Greatness, Men, Campaigns

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