Allan Gurganus Quotes

Living in Manhattan opened me to whole new sets of things to envy, study, gather and imagine stealing. A full-size 1809 German harp, beautifully painted with three goddesses, covered in a pea-green coat of great silvery refinement: mine for $180. Though all its strings were broken, its beauty let it claim a quarter of my one - bedroom.

Allan Gurganus

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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?

Jerry Brown

FoodFaceProcessNameFarmerKnow

Craig has explored the darker recesses of 007's psyche. He has shown us the lonely man. And he has shown him falling truly in love.

Melvyn Bragg

LoveManLonelyHimFallingUs

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

Jeffrey Osborne

LoveBeautyRespectSingingChance

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.

Ann Beattie

BusinessTimeMistakesThinkLong

Autos for years seemed to give us freedom and independence, but when they create traffic jams and other problems in the parks, the experience of serenity in nature that visitors expect is seriously diminished, if not destroyed.

Michael Frome

NatureFreedomExperienceProblems

My wife, my daughter, and my son have my first loyalty and always will.

Michael Cohen

SonDaughterLoyaltyWifeWill

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.

Amy Lowell

MenManGenerationNowNextMust

All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.

Stacy London

PurposeGoldYouLookWantSilver

I just worry because I know I say a lot, often. It doesn't bother me, it's more about the people that get affected around me.

Sienna Miller

PeopleMeWorryKnowSayMore

I've always felt that where Priest has been able to get to, it's been down to discipline, our real love and commitment to making the best music that we can make, and never forgetting our fan base.

Rob Halford

LoveMusicDisciplineBestDown

That's why I've always loved country music. Whether it's sad, pumps you up, or it's breakup songs, it's all real-life things.

Cole Swindell

MusicSadLovedYouCountryWhy

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art.

Anne Stevenson

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