James Fenton Quotes
Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.
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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.
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When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
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That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.
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I love maxi dresses, I feel so great when I put on a maxi dress, big earrings and sandals.
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People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it.
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Federal contractors should be model employers in treating all job applicants equitably, ... I am pleased that this settlement will result in 141 women getting jobs and compensation for others who were subjected to an unlawful hiring process.
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There's a lot of comedic value to fraternities, but whenever you start messing with power dynamics and you take away consequences, you can tread some dangerous waters.
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Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.
