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"The movie wasn't really derived from Dark Shadows - they developed a whole new script for that particular one."

"The movie wasn't really derived from Dark Shadows - they developed a whole new script for that particular one."

David Selby, American Actor

Shadow, Shadows

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"Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult."

"Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

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"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

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"Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow."

"Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow."

Thomas Campion, English Composer

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"I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation."

"I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation."

Bill Wyman, British Musician

Shadow, Shadows

4

"Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance."

"Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

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"Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real."

"Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real."

Amy Grant, American Musician

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"You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there."

"You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there."

Wayne Shorter, American Musician

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"I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe."

"I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe."

Whitney Houston, American Musician

Shadow, Succeed

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"I'll often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours."

"I'll often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours."

Thayer David, American Actor

Shadow, Shadows

3

"The black shadow cares for itself, not for you."

"The black shadow cares for itself, not for you."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

3

"In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast."

"In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Shadow, Shadows, World

3

"One is forever throwing away substance for shadows."

"One is forever throwing away substance for shadows."

Jennie Churchill, American Celebrity

Shadow, Shadows

3

"But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow."

"But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Shadow, Pain, Emotion, Awareness

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"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see."

"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?"

"Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?"

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist

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"The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not to admit. One must set themselves free from all inhibitions in order to initiate close encounters with their innermost monster. By standing toe-to-toe with the part of ourselves that we most detest, a person is in a position to slay their fiendish sense of self and, by doing so, undergo a soulful transformation."

"The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not to admit. One must set themselves free from all inhibitions in order to initiate close encounters with their innermost monster. By standing toe-to-toe with the part of ourselves that we most detest, a person is in a position to slay their fiendish sense of self and, by doing so, undergo a soulful transformation."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Shadow, Evil, Self, Transformation

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"There is a shadow on every page."

"There is a shadow on every page."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

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