Jacques Barzun Quotes
No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.
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Training for a fight is never easy, regardless of the opponent.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.
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I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
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Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
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I wasn't angry with God that I lost my husband. I was devastated; I was broken. I still am, in many ways. But I feel like God gives free will to everyone, and people who want to choose evil, they have that same free will.
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If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
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If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
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I like Xtreme Sour Strips. These really colorful little strips that are so good. I like snacking on them. They're not healthy for you, though!
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Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.
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In a Stage II world, in communities in which survival is mastered enough to create a balance with self-fulfillment, we have the option of 'relationship language' that nourishes the soul.
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I take my title from the name the Jews have traditionally given the Roman Empire. You may expect to meet all manner of wickedness in what follows - pork-eating, lechery, adultery, bigamy, sodomy, bestiality, the most ingenious varieties of cruelty, assassination, the worship of false gods and the sin of being uncircumcised.
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Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.
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Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.
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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
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No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.
