John Guare Quotes

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

John Guare

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• While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.

  

  Eden Robinson
  • Power
  • Mistake
  • Decisions

• I know every politician spins the truth a little.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Truth
  • Know
  • Politician

• This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • People
  • Life
  • Dream

• I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Work
  • Music
  • Girl

• I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Remember
  • Like
  • Really

• I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.

  

  Jack Steinberger
  • Year
  • Loyalty
  • Oath

• Even Apple, notorious for keeping a tight grip on its products, allows fierce competitors like Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Microsoft to offer their apps on its phones and tablets.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Fierce
  • Apple
  • Google

• I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Work
  • Hope
  • United Nations

• Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • People
  • Work
  • Friends

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Think
  • Well
  • Did

• I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.

  

  Zhu Rongji
  • Great
  • Growth
  • Pride

• Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

  

  M. F. K. Fisher
  • Fun
  • Always
  • Reassuring

• The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Die
  • End
  • Civilization

• Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Together
  • Simple
  • Better

• I say I am stronger than fear.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Fear
  • Stronger

• It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

  

  Tammy Baldwin
  • People
  • Look
  • Own

• My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.

  

  J. Cole
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Dream

• I'm just happy. I'm just me right now.

  

  Chad Michael Murray
  • Happy

• Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.

  

  Karl E. Weick
  • People
  • Strong
  • Attitude

• The best thing you can do as a leader when people are pressed is get the obstacles out of their way.

  

  Denise Morrison
  • People
  • Obstacles

• Through geospatial technologies, you can plan a whole city sitting in your room.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • You
  • City
  • Plan

• We didn't go to Broadway musicals when I was growing up; it was too expensive.

  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.
  • Up
  • Growing

• However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

  

  John Guare
  • Believe
  • City
  • Moral