Arthur Balfour Quotes
There is always something about our feeling for beautiful things which can neither be described nor communicated, which is unshared and unshareable.
Quotes to Explore
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization.
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Stop trying to impress some art-school teacher with a stick up his butt whose opinions you never respected from the time you entered his class until you left it 10 years ago. Draw like you. (p. 27)
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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There is always something about our feeling for beautiful things which can neither be described nor communicated, which is unshared and unshareable.
