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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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
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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 Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.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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I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don't bother with.
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There's not a lot of pure evil in the world, but it's amazing how little it takes to do great damage.
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I've featured in some soundtracks in the past, and I would love to do more. I love great soundtracks to movies. Quentin Tarantino always picks amazing soundtracks, so I would like to do something for him or write a song for him.
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There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art. When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice.
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The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
