Bernard Berenson Quotes
Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all.
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Everybody always asks about Jimmy Fallon. I'm sorry to say that he's very nice and there's not much bad to say about him. I don't know if he sucks at videogames or not. I don't think he plays them, but he could have this whole secret life I don't know about.
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But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.
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I could care less about the radio or the TV or album sales. I want that connection with people because when I'm able to walk down the street, I want them to feel like I've done something for them and helped their life because I've never felt that way about a musician.
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The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.
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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't – that to me is not life.
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I told her it was a bigger than life musical, that all the actors were going to be about the same age, late twenties into thirties. It would be a style; a kind of surreal high school.
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Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
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You have to make time and tend to things that are important in your life so you can live the life of blessing God has promised you!
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My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.
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There is no need to carry me to another prison. My life is already ebbing away. I suggest that you nail me to a cross and burn me alive. My flaming body will be a torch to light my people on their path to freedom.
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I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
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We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.
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I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it.
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One of the problems I have always discussed is the refusal to distinguish between comment and fact. The newspaper wraps every fact into a comment. It is impossible to give mere fact without establishing point of view.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.
