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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One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can pretend to be 26 for ever.
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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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Being an adult, you've already suffered enough from your own mistakes, and the world, to come to this as a humble human being. So it's not like, "I'm going to do the right thing because it advances me," as much as it's like, "I'm going to do the right thing because this puts me closest to the dream I had as a 10-year-old kid."
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Those who are really convinced that they have made progress in science would not demand freedom for the new views to continue side by side with the old, but the substitution of the new views for the old.
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No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.
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[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
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Go and ask an undertaker or the guy who operates the crematorium what it takes to get rid of a dead body. It takes one liter of petrol and 20 minutes. Now, six million?
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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.
