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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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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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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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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Coming-of-age stories, people roll their eyes.
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Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds
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Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
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I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.
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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
