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 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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There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian character or couple. That was good news as a voucher of the success of the gay rights movement, but it still grew a bit tiresome: 'Look at us! Our show is so hip, one of the characters is homosexual!'
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It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.
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I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, it's a little weird.
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For people who feel things in an enormous way, it's pretty hard to live in this world.
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My job is what millions of people do for recreation. How can you not like that?
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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".
