Jerry Saltz Quotes
The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Whenever I go on the red carpet and I'm a bit nervous, I just say to myself the mantra, 'Come on Barbara, you gotta get those pictures posted on Instagram!' That's all I have in my mind, like, 'Look serious now, maybe give a little smile, but a cheeky one,' but in the end, it's never how it looks.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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I'm a size 12 and I'm very happy with it.
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The strength of the nation ultimately depends upon the strength of family and community.
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I've always believed that the stories and the performances are more important than I am. I think that the more invisible that my hand is, the more attention people can pay to the story and to those performances.
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The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
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The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.
