Bryan Ward-Perkins Quotes
Indeed, in the rich developed world where historians flourish, well-made objects have become so much an accepted part of existence that their importance tends to be overlooked, particularly by intellectuals, who often see themselves as somewhat above such mundane things. However, these same high-minded intellectuals record their elevated thoughts on the latest laptop, in a weatherproof room, comfortably clothed, and surrounded by those mass-produced items known as ‘books’. Our own experience should teach us every minute of every day how important high-quality functional objects are to our well-being.
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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I'd love to work with Michael Buble, with Tony Bennett, with Damian Marley, with Andrea Bocelli.
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It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
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When you have kids as cute as mine - offsetting my features - you need to highlight them.
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Those whom the gods love grow young.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.
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As that the walls worn thin, permit the mindTo look out thorough, and his frailty find. 1
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The higher people get, the more evolved and psychologically healthy people get, the more will enlightened management policy be necessary in order to survive in competition and the more handicapped will be an enterprise with an authoritarian policy.
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Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH…
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The whole subject-matter of exact science consists of pointer readings and similar indications.
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I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.
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“Music stays in the air. It travels at the speed of breath at the sound of light.It is never not heard.It can wait centuries if it has to.”
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I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.
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I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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Indeed, in the rich developed world where historians flourish, well-made objects have become so much an accepted part of existence that their importance tends to be overlooked, particularly by intellectuals, who often see themselves as somewhat above such mundane things. However, these same high-minded intellectuals record their elevated thoughts on the latest laptop, in a weatherproof room, comfortably clothed, and surrounded by those mass-produced items known as ‘books’. Our own experience should teach us every minute of every day how important high-quality functional objects are to our well-being.
