James Fenton Quotes
The Italian word 'stanza' means 'a room', and a room is a good way to conceive of a stanza. A room, generally speaking, is sufficient for its own purposes, but it does not constitute a house. A stanza has the same sense of containment, without being complete or independent.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives, I think they have enough to deal with, they don't need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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My message to business leaders is clear: If you are looking to expand your business and boost the bottom line, there is no better place than Utah to do it.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard worker. I have a huge amount of respect for him, and I want him to do well.
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Things like that happen in the game. There was a battle in the corner and it escalated. You've got to do what you've got to do.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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I think it is childish for men to joke about women's clothes, to make fun of our hats, to complain over the cost of a good fur coat.
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Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.
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The Italian word 'stanza' means 'a room', and a room is a good way to conceive of a stanza. A room, generally speaking, is sufficient for its own purposes, but it does not constitute a house. A stanza has the same sense of containment, without being complete or independent.
