Jacques Barzun Quotes
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
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Here's the deal with Matty Morrison: He is the most unassuming, nicest, most humble guy, who also happens to be extremely talented.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
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Sometimes people go to a yoga class and think it's not for them, but it might just not be the right studio or teacher - try a new one!
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You need to identify the steps at which contamination can occur - those are the critical control points. You take steps to make sure that that doesn't happen. And you monitor and evaluate and test to make sure that your system is working properly. And if it's done diligently and done faithfully and monitored carefully, then they're producing safe food. And no astronaut of which I'm aware has ever gotten food poisoning in outer space.
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Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.
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I love playing characters that go to extreme places, and I love to explore different kinds of psychological landscapes, so it is ultimately a kind of fun, but it's also complicated and colored by the depth of the nastiness of it, at certain times, as well.
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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
