John Berger Quotes

Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not a balletomane looking for an alternative world to escape into. Dance offered him a display in which he could find, after much searching, certain human secrets.

John Berger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017

Topics

ArtDanceWorldLookingSecrets

I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.

Jim Beaver

WorkGoodGreatExperiencePastFun

My big journey was around money. I was a successful writer, I was a musician, but I was just always broke.

Jen Sincero

JourneyMoneyAlwaysSuccessfulBig

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

John Engler

BrokenPeopleBetterOutWorking

Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people have betrayed me, even if my heart was broken, even if people misunderstood or judged me, I have learned from these incidents. We are human and we make mistakes, but learning from them is what makes the difference.

Amisha Patel

LifeLearningHeartMistakesBroken

We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.

Travis Barker

GoodThoughtWriteJustSongsWere

It can't be that difficult to build a great thermostat. So I decided to figure out: What would the thermostat for the iPhone generation look like? I got this bug. It really infected my brain. I kept thinking about it. This could be a cool product that matters and a cool product that has a great business.

Tony Fadell

BusinessGreatCoolBrainThinking

In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.'

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

HomeChildrenParentsTalkingMore

I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.

Courtney A. Kemp

FearlessFashionCareNot Knowing

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

Chuck D

PeopleEvilBehindJustWho

I signed 'Aurangzeb' because I loved the story. I thought it was an untold tale. For whatever reason, the audience did not like the film. Fair enough, but I still enjoyed the process.

Arjun Kapoor

StoryThoughtProcessLovedEnough

Being a developmental psychologist didn't make me any better at dealing with my own children, no. I muddled through, and, believe me, fretted and worried with the best of them.

Alison Gopnik

ChildrenBestMeBelieveBetterOwn

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.

Alfred de Musset

PainfulGloriousHowExceptionAlso

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