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According to The San Francisco Examiner, the source of the quote is a 1972 poll of people of interest done by that year’s “Georgia Peanut Princess”, Paulette Brown:
This year's Georgia Peanut Princess Paulette Brown has taken a poll to end all polls among a variety of presidential candidates and public figures she wanted to know how they stand on peanut ...
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Let's clarify, there's no "Antifa in Portland" organization. There's a lot of groups who identify as Antifa in the City of Portland, Oregon, and a lot of groups who don't but are labelled Antifa anyway. Anyone can claim to be Antifa. Antifa is short for Anti-Fascist, and refers to an activist stance rather than a specific organization.
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There's probably some artistic license in the NatGeo book in making that attribution.
What is certain is that the (1922) painting being discussed right before belongs to Picasso's classical period. Another (more) notable painting of his from this era is the Pipes of Pan, with a more obvious classical Greek theme.
Furthermore Picasso was (somewhat ...
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Yes, this is a real quote by Vincent van Gogh (although translated).
It is included in the page for Vincent van Gogh on Wikiquote, which is generally a good resource for verifying (alleged) quotes.
As found on Wikiquote, the quote was written by Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother, know as 'Letter 22'.
The full letter is available online, including ...
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I found a possible origin here:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/04/02/simple/#:~:text=Dear%20Quote%20Investigator%3A%20The%20following,Simplicity%20is%20the%20ultimate%20sophistication.
tl;dr:
The earliest citation is from "Clare Boothe Luce", playwrighter who became one of the first female U.S. Ambassadors. In 1931 she published a novel titled “...
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