![To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're hung out to dry and, finally, you're framed.](/assets/img/quote-photos/to-anyone-who-has-served-in-washington-there-is-something-oddly-familiar-about.jpg)
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dry hard hot producers sit tried tub warm
The producers were great. They tried so hard to make it bearable. They got a hot tub so I could sit around and be warm between without having to dry off the whole time. But there was a lot trudging around in cold, dank water. Jennifer Connelly
dry superstitions belief
Some ministers would make good martyrs: they are so dry they would burn well. Charles Spurgeon
dry folks help roll sleeves terrible variety ways weather work
We have just got to roll up our sleeves and work on a variety of ways to help these folks through this terrible, terrible dry weather crisis, Dan Glickman
dry actors going-to-work
Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again. Benjamin Walker
dry dishes blanket
Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes... We now have very secure dishes! Charles M. Schulz
dry
I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that. Theo Van Gogh
dry facts sometimes
When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself. Charles R. Swindoll
dry plead springs therefore thus thy vengeance
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
dry runs
She didn't like the off-track the first time. I think she just runs better on the dry track.
firsts film amazing-experiences
And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right. Carol Kane
firsts ancient goddess
At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Carol P. Christ
firsts elements investment
We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition. Carlos Ghosn
firsts speak goodness
Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled. C. S. Lewis
firsts events week
For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian. Agnes Smedley
firsts counseling offense
If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling. Alan Thicke
firsts way thirds
First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere. Alan Shearer
firsts tvs program
Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom. Alan King
firsts language programming
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. Alan Kay
portraits portraiture paint
Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject. Jamie Wyeth
portraits danger methodology
The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology.
portraits remain
I would also like the portraits to remain in Austria.
portraits demand motion-pictures
To demand the portrait that will be a complete portrait of a person is as futile as to demand that a motion picture be condensed into a single still. Alfred Stieglitz
portraits process sat
Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. Anthony Powell
portraits creation
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. Alexander Smith
portraits bookcases
The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait. Anatole Broyard
portraits firsts recognition
Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place. Chuck Close
portraits gallery
I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery. Mark Gatiss