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499 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Robin Williams
Robin Williams Actor, Comedian

"Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string."

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Henri Rousseau Painter
Green

"When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!""

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Alfred Hitchcock Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Green

"In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings."

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Le Corbusier Architect, Designer, Urban Planner
Green

"Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
Green

"He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals."

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"'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Green

"Don't put blankets over the drum! Open completely. Let your spirit ear listen to the green dome's passionate murmur."

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