Denis Dutton Quotes

It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'.

Denis Dutton

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An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture.

Jimmy Smits

CultureActorDifferentImmerse

The individual Siemens businesses must be able to keep up with the specialists in the industry and be at least as good as their strongest competitors.

Joe Kaeser

GoodUpIndividualIndustryKeep

When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get a lot of press.

Joe Bonamassa

BetterYouWhiteBluesKnowPlaying

Over the years, I've come to realize that sometimes a ghost isn't always a ghost. Sometimes, telling a ghost story is a way to talk about something else present in the air, taking up space beside you. It can also be a manifestation of intuition, or something you've known in your bones but haven't yet been able to accept.

Jenna Wortham

SpaceStoryPresentYouSometimes

I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing.

Jennifer Beals

RememberHolidayMeetingYesterday

Print reporters have the opportunity to go so much more in depth in certain stories than television reporters do because they're working on stories for months at a time.

Megyn Kelly

OpportunityTimeTelevisionGoMore

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

John Muir

NatureStrengthBeautyHealthSoul

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world.

Michael Cunningham

GoodPeopleWorldThinkFeelingsHe

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

Mike Mills

MemoriesGriefTogetherMemoryRich

My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.

Lleyton Hewitt

CharacterMeHairLookingGameUp

I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field.

Josh Brolin

MoneyDisappearMakeFieldGotta

My joy in life is not because I have not had any problems. I have joy because I have learned there is nothing too great for God's power to deal with, nor anything too small or insignificant for His love to be concerned about.

Josh McDowell

LifeLoveGodPowerGreatJoy

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