Bernard Berenson Quotes
We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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The Disney deal for us, we are very excited to be their Pay 1 partner, where we are a big licensing partner of Disney all over the world in all different windows.
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I'm gonna stay an album guy. In fact, concept albums are really blowing my mind right now, because if you want to promote an album, think about it - a concept album might be the way to go.
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I love art, being so close to the galleries, being by the water - and sunsets from the terrace.
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I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.
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A lot of Playmates look like Playmates, but I look so girl-next-door and wholesome.
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But everything of value about me is in my books.
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It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
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I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.
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From a distance he had the bland aspect of a philanthropist.
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True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.
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Everybody knows good pitching stops good hitting. Our guys are pitching great.
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Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women. It is. That is the reason why, like Eve, they are so excessively anxious to get out of it.
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Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.
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We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".
