Peter Bart Quotes
Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
Harold MacMillan
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.
Felix Dennis
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
Madeleine L'Engle
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
Eddie Marsan
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
Olivier Megaton
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
Caitlin Doughty
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
Samuel Fuller
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
Patrick deWitt
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
C. Northcote Parkinson
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
Harmon Killebrew
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
Umberto Eco
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
Jack Nicholson
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
Maelle Gavet
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
W. G. Sebald
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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As an actor, it's up to you to show that you can do something else. For me, the interesting actors don't always go where you expect to find them.
Lea Seydoux
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Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.
S. R. Nathan
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In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.
Jonathan Turley
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It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
Laura Marling
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Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.
Peter Bart