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VAN WYCK BROOKS Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wh... VAN WYCK BROOKS The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. VAN WYCK BROOKS The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. VAN WYCK BROOKS Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright. VAN WYCK BROOKS Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. VINCENT VAN GOGH Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I ... VINCENT VAN GOGH I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed. VINCENT VAN GOGH The way to know life is to love many things. VINCENT VAN GOGH Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. VINCENT VAN GOGH Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wris... HARRIET VAN HORNE One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure. HARRIET VAN HORNE The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies. MARTIN VAN BUREN One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by se... VINCENT VAN GOGH There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most hone... MARTIN VAN BUREN I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. GUS VAN SANT There is no blue without yellow and without orange. VINCENT VAN GOGH The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these... VINCENT VAN GOGH It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and a... VINCENT VAN GOGH If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the... EDDIE VAN HALEN I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsessio... STEVEN VAN ZANDT When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I ... EDDIE VAN HALEN Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiven... DICK VAN DYKE Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movi... MAMIE VAN DOREN I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a ... MAMIE VAN DOREN I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin! MAMIE VAN DOREN I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent. MAMIE VAN DOREN My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot. MAMIE VAN DOREN I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary. MAMIE VAN DOREN I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to... MAMIE VAN DOREN