Wendell Berry Quotes
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
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As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep Coke's secret recipe on your iPhone.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
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I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.
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It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur.
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When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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Broadening and deepening the relationship with our users and advertisers have always been our strategic priority.
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Maybe the universe doesn’t approve of places like New York.
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I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.
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We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.
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What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers?
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When I leave the country, I'm very, very cautious about what I eat and drink. No vegetables, no fruit.
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I really love advertising art of the '50s and the way mid-century design was often represented in jazzy, fast art.
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Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
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A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.
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One of the main things I know about O.J. Simpson is that he is a compulsive talker. So if I were to ask him one question, I would get 45 minutes on the history of the case. It would be irrelevant what I would ask him - he would just start talking.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.
