Van Wyck Brooks Quotes
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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I never really drank coffee in college, but now I'm on my feet all day and out all night and can't believe it hasn't always been in my life. When morning comes I crave it.
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There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.
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The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.
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The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.
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Making films has been kind of my way of getting closer to God.
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It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.
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There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.
