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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I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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I don't come from a lot of money and wasn't going to get an academic scholarship, so the only way to afford an education was to allow the military to supplement it.
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It’s crazy. Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women... f**king idiot-ass men keep saying that women aren't funny. It makes me crazy. I find it disgusting and offensive every time.
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Affected dispatch is one of the most dangerous things to business that can be. It is like that, which the physicians call predigestion, or hasty digestion; which is sure to fill the body full of crudities, and secret seeds of diseases. Therefore measure not dispatch, by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of the business.
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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'.
