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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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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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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Why push people away? I love when people come up to me and say they appreciate the work!
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The great mistake of the reformers is to believe that life begins and ends with health, and that happiness begins and ends with a full stomach and the power to enjoy physical pleasures, even of the finer kind.
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I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.'
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Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.
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One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell - fantastic.
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One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.
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I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
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Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.
