Jacques Barzun Quotes
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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Nashville has become sort of this go-to writing city for every genre.
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A racing driver has to be a good driver.
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It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.
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By willing endurance we cause suffering to pass. Evil becomes a spent force when we put up no resistance. By refusing to pay back the enemy with his own coin, and preferring to suffer without resistance, the Christian exhibits the sinfulness of contumely and insult. Violence stands condemned by its failure to evoke counter-violence.
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
