Bill Bradley Quotes
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don't find any human content there. I'm from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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The best thing you can do is follow your dreams
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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I own works by women artists; it is hard for me to see, literally to see, how women and men differ in the quality of their work. Why are women artists less known and less admired?
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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To this day, I'm not as interested in music as people think. I'm more interested in how close we can get through the music.
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Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
