Francis Spufford Quotes
Taking the things people do wrong seriously is part of taking them seriously. It’s part of letting their actions have weight. It’s part of letting their actions be actions rather than just indifferent shopping choices; of letting their lives tell a life-story, with consequences, and losses, and gains, rather than just be a flurry of events. It’s part of letting them be real enough to be worth loving, rather than just attractive or glamorous or pretty or charismatic or cool.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don't think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Religion is so much more than the god you pray to. The religion that you associate with, it's culture, it is family, it is background. That is something that I have always grown up with.
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Culture is important. Wars are fought over culture. It's not just about folks showing up and being hoity-toity. Culture is about definition.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
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There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action.
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History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.
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I definitely don't Google my name.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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You can't be impatient about growth, because that's what leads people to make mistakes.
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Taking the things people do wrong seriously is part of taking them seriously. It’s part of letting their actions have weight. It’s part of letting their actions be actions rather than just indifferent shopping choices; of letting their lives tell a life-story, with consequences, and losses, and gains, rather than just be a flurry of events. It’s part of letting them be real enough to be worth loving, rather than just attractive or glamorous or pretty or charismatic or cool.
