James Fenton Quotes
A poem with grandly conceived and executed stanzas, such as one of Keats's odes, should be like an enfilade of rooms in a palace: one proceeds, with eager anticipation, from room to room.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
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My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get nervous when they walk with me, as I'll see something and suddenly have to text it to myself.
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.
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Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.
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What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.
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And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.
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Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history.
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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.
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We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
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Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.
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Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
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When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.
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You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.
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I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.
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If you think about it now, it's kind of ridiculous. All these hot girls on Baywatch in tiny little red bathing suits running around saving lives.
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Part and parcel of trying to understand and recognise your strengths and weaknesses is to be brutally honest with how you reflect on what you are yourself. I can't fundamentally change what I am.
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I think the Negro people should feel secure enough by now to face a reasonable ridicule without terror. I am unalterably opposed to all efforts to put down free speech, whatever the excuse.
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Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did.
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I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.
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A poem with grandly conceived and executed stanzas, such as one of Keats's odes, should be like an enfilade of rooms in a palace: one proceeds, with eager anticipation, from room to room.
