Kenneth Tynan Quotes
A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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Our prayers can be more than empty wishes, vain hopes or feeble aspirations – but only when they are prayed from faith-filled hearts.
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A belief in the validity of the acquisition of knowledge and a scientific understanding of the world we live in, the creation and appreciation of aesthetic phenomena in all their many forms, and the broadening and deepening of our range of experiences in day-to-day living, is rapidly becoming the ‘religion’ of our time.
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Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
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The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that.
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A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
