Maurice Baring Quotes
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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I built Kosovo for 10 years.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
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I hadn't realized the number of people that are still interested in listening to what I am doing, people I would never know about if not for being online.
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
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It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
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But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something.
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This is serious, and you gotta keep your mind open in case an idea comes along-you want there to be some room for it to fit in.
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Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.
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The miracle is thisThe more we share...The moreWe have
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Either communism must die or Christianity must die because it's actually a battle between Christ and anti-Christ.
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Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.
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Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.
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On 'Supergirl,' there are huge characters with huge mythologies behind them. What's important is that you don't lock yourself into something.
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Shaming and blaming your kid isn't going to make them change. You can't change yourself. Would I love to be tall and blonde? Yes, but that's not going to happen. I'm always going to be short and dark-haired, maybe gray-haired now.
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A friend of mine drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.
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I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally.
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You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.
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When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear.
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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
