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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. Marc Chagall		Friday Apr 24, 2026
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Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov

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	Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
	Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: [ˈjuːstɪnɒf] or [ˈuːstɪnɒf]; 16 April 1921 - 28 March 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. Read More

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

Parents are the bones upon which children sharpen their teeth.

The great thing about History is that it is adaptable.

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.