Bernard Berenson Quotes
Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
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Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
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Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
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Schools should be places of learning and joy, not testing and agita.
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Why push people away? I love when people come up to me and say they appreciate the work!
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Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. … humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings.
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If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
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I have a fondness for making paintings that go beyond just having a conversation about art for art's sake or having a conversation about art history. I actually really enjoy looking at broader popular culture.
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Making movies, even though it's a business, is also an art, and sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye.
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Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.
