Dan Burt Quotes
The experience taught me that the essence of a Cambridge education centers on two questions: What does it mean? How do you know?
Quotes to Explore
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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I'm my own artist, and I see artists as movies. No one should try to change them for anything. If you don't like it, you just don't follow it. And if you don't like a movie you don't watch it. Watch another movie.
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I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
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I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting.
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I've never been interested in celebrity.
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This country has so much wealth and so much poverty, and that seemed wrong to me. 'Evicted' was my Ph.D. dissertation.
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It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem.
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I was a serious poet for quite a while and had little notebooks filled with poetry.
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I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.
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Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
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When we started out doing YouTube videos, I think we were very, very early on in terms of people doing a behind-the-scenes component.
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Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.
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They are called finishing-schools and the name tells accurately what they are. They finish everything.
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The experience taught me that the essence of a Cambridge education centers on two questions: What does it mean? How do you know?
