James Fenton Quotes
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
Where love is, there God is also.
Mahatma Gandhi -
You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
Samantha Bee -
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
Edith Sitwell -
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
Caitlyn Jenner -
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Barack Obama
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole -
In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
Irwin Shaw -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield -
Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
Barry Jenkins -
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
Ueli Gegenschatz -
I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
Owain Yeoman
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In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.
Halle Berry -
I'm not good at accepting help.
Patricia Heaton -
There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
Fareed Zakaria -
I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
Safra A. Catz -
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
Jacob Bronowski -
I asked my body if it was going to die or not from AIDS. And it said 'no.' I sort of paid attention to that.
Edmund White
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Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
A major way that losses are generated in real estate ventures is through depreciation, which is supposed to reflect the way that assets lose value over time. But a well-maintained building typically gains value.
James B. Stewart -
I thought the world of live performance and busking was where I was going to thrive. I had no idea that digital streaming platforms and radio and that world would be for me, you know?
Tones and I -
Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.
Mandy Moore -
Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them.
Zainab Salbi -
Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world.
James Fenton