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When life closes a door, God opens a window.

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At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.
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My parents never prevented me from doing anything, but they didn't have the knowledge of the arts that Mrs. Ranger had.
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People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.
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I was always kind of naïve, and really needed to be given some direction.
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Maybe that's what I've based my career on: getting up earlier than everyone else so I get an extra couple of hours.
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Many people look but they do not see.
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Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.
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I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I was beginning to get interested in doing my own thing as well. I'm not sure what inspired this, but I became very interested in decorating things.
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Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That's why I live in New York.
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Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.
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I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.
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We've got a nation of people who have one eye looking out for the next speed camera, another looking for a speed limit sign and another looking at the speedometer - which is a bit of a shame, when you only have two eyes.
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There were neighbors that I played with and did all the things that children do. I did mow the lawn. I did help with various things that needed to be done to occupy my time.
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It was only when I got to high school and was in the art program that my artistic talent was recognized. The art program was directed by a wonderful and a very important person in my life - Charlotte Ranger, who was referred to as Mrs. Ranger. She had been teaching in the school for many years.
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I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did a lot of things that children do in their early years.
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The class situation [at Art Institute on Elmwood Avenue] was such that one would be very much on their own to paint or draw. The faculty was roving to give opinions or help out technically, which all the faculty did very well.
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It was mainly a growing farm, although we did have chickens and a few animals, but I did help to some degree with that. I have to say that it was not my favorite association.I did what I was asked to do.
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When knowledge is scant or conflicting, folklore takes over.
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I was engaged in all the required courses of math and geometry, but the area that I blossomed in was the art program.
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