Eugene Kennedy Quotes
There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet in order to be able to hear clearly what others are saying. . . . We need to cut off the garbled static of our own preoccupations to give to people who want our quiet attention.
Quotes to Explore
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
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I'm not a very organized person.
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I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.
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We should not underestimate the harm it would bring should it be published.
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I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge.
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I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet.
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I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.
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I suspect I wasn't loved enough as a child.
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I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.
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Brand names are well known to business school professors, but only one professor is a brand name herself. Call her Professor Oprah.
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I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars.
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You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.
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I had never written anything. And I had never studied writing. So my motives were pure: I had a great story... a courtroom drama that I sort of fictionalized, and that became 'A Time to Kill.'
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Sometimes I go crazy - get into a mindspace where it doesn't matter what I spend. Like, on impulse, I might buy a $600 Dolce t-shirt, you know, just because it's silk and maybe there's some suede leather detailing. Or two of my favourite hoodies, I don't even know the brand, but they're' very thin soft cotton. $300 apiece!
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My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
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I have had two eagles in a round, but I don't think I have had back-to-back eagles, ... To have them back-to-back is pretty awesome.
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There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet in order to be able to hear clearly what others are saying. . . . We need to cut off the garbled static of our own preoccupations to give to people who want our quiet attention.
