Denis Dutton Quotes
It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence.
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I go up to people and ask if I can use them in my photos. Occasionally it is the person in question, as happened with James Hewitt. How embarrassing. He just laughed and said, 'You can't afford me.'
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In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky.
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It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'.
