Jacques Barzun Quotes
An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.
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Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.
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I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.
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One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again.
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A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.
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Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true.
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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
