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“Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.”

Has Beens Play Careers Bears Historical Resemblance Resemblance Is

Author:Antony Sher

“If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.”

Ifs Knows Looks Enough Hair Skins Chickens Look At Me Texture Resemblance Nuggets Chicken Nuggets Resemblance Is

Author:Kevin Hart

“The inferiority of photographs to the best works of artists, so far as resemblance is concerned, lies in their catching no more than a single expression. If many photographs of a person were taken at different times, perhaps even years apart, their composite would possess that in which a single photograph is deficient.”

Ifs Years Persons Different Lying Artist Taken Expression Concerned Photograph Catching Best Work Inferiority Resemblance Different Times Composites Resemblance Is

Author:Francis Galton

“We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.”

People Way War Democracy Dictator Resemblance Resemblance Is

Author:Joni Mitchell

“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

Firsts Has Beens Said Government Funny Politics Work Military Bears Profession I Have Learned Hilarious Prostitution Resemblance Funny Political Resemblance Is

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.”

Lying Differences Diversity Intelligence Wit Recognizing Resemblance Resemblance Is

Author:Madame de Stael

“The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.”

Common Too Much Stupid Convinced Resemblance Resemblance Is

Author:Robert Anton Wilson

“Jesus!" Luke exclaimed. "Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.”

Said Humor Jesus Jace Luke Resemblance Simon Lewis Resemblance Is

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

“Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.”

Art Standards Perfection Judged Resemblance Resemblance Is

Book:The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings

Source: The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings

“It is really laughable to see what different ideas are prominent in various naturalists' minds, when they speak of 'species'; in some, resemblance is everything and descent of little weight-in some, resemblance seems to go for nothing, and Creation the reigning idea-in some, descent is the key,-in some, sterility an unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“While a painting, even one that meets photographic standards of resemblance, is never more than the stating of an interpretation, a photograph is never less than the registering of an emanation (light waves reflected by objects) — a material vestige of its subject in a way that no painting can be.”

Way Light Would Be Subjects Objects Painting Materials Photography Standards Crosses Photograph Wave Interpretation Nails Resemblance Resemblance Is Light Waves

Author:Susan Sontag

“It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.”

Looks Stills Facts Parent Share Cells Grass Genes Whales Resemblance Progeny Enzymes Resemblance Is

Author:Lewis Thomas

“There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.”

People Want Hair Pool Genes Vague Misconception Resemblance Hillbilly Resemblance Is

Author:Chris Isaak