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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Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs.
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I've been surfing several times, and I'm terrible at it. But what I found was that you're usually waiting on the board, hanging out, watching the waves come in. And one that you think is a big wave is not actually one.
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The hardest achievement in acting - in my opinion, anyway - is nailing a role that absolutely nobody else could have played. Pacino owned Michael Corleone... but DeNiro could have owned it as well. Who else, though, but Val Kilmer could have nailed Jim Morrison? Does anyone besides Will Ferrell pull off Ron Burgundy?
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It's funny how sometimes how the public some people think I was born like this. That I maybe I sleep and I do big muscle, but its a lot of work to look like this and to be in this kind of condition.
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The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.
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Life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we learn again and again is that of accepting heroic helplessness.
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The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.