Ken Burns Quotes
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I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.
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The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful.
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I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
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The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.
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A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.
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Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.
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I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.
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Carbondale, Ill. is where I went to college, and it's where I first started putting on shows.
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Vem sentar-te comigo, Lídia, à beira do rio.Sossegadamente fitemos o seu curso e aprendamosQue a vida passa, e não estamos de mãos enlaçadas.(Enlacemos as mãos).....Desenlacemos as mãos, porque não vale a pena cansarmo-nos.Quer gozemos, quer não gozemos, passamos como o rio.Mais vale saber passar silenciosamenteE sem desassossegos grandes.
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All the mystery and wisdom of the Masters, when it’s out in the daylight, doesn’t amount to so much, you know. Tricks of the trade-wonderful illusions. But people don’t want to know that. They want the illusions, the mysteries. Who can blame them? There’s so little in life that’s beautiful or worthy.
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Y si cuanto encuentras es en cuanto buscas, siempre, en vano encuentras, en vano buscas.
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I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.
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War damages men - and Syria is no different.
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Well, I tell you again to get rid of your Constitution. But I suppose you won't do it. You have a good president and you have a bad Constitution, and the bad Constitution gets the better of the good President all the time. The end of it will be is that you might as well have an English Prime Minister.
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I have been in countries where I don't know a word of the language. I tried to practice my French as much as possible. I would talk with the crew. I always order in French, but then waiters respond in English. I hate that.
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The personal stuff for me is the best, ... And this one felt a little raw emotionally. I wanted to capture some stuff, to see if I could get it right. The way it feels to lose a loved one and find a reason to celebrate, oddly enough, as a result of learning who you are.
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A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.
