Cennino Cennini (Cennino d'Andrea Cennini) Quotes
Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
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When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone.
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I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.
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In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it.
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My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.
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The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
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I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
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Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.
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The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.
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I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford.
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The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.
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The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind.
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I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I'll drive a cab.
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We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn't take more from your family budget.
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Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.
