Kenneth Tynan Quotes
In most writers, style is a welcome, an invitation, a letting down of the drawbridge between the artist and the world. Shaw had no time for such ruses. Unlike most of his countrymen, he abominated charm, which he regarded as evidence of chronic temperamental weakness.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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The world is too violent right now.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
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The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.
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So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience.
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I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.
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I don't believe in jogging. It extends your life - but by exactly the amount of time you spend jogging.
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In most writers, style is a welcome, an invitation, a letting down of the drawbridge between the artist and the world. Shaw had no time for such ruses. Unlike most of his countrymen, he abominated charm, which he regarded as evidence of chronic temperamental weakness.
