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Gerald Brenan Quotes

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: April 7, 1894 - January 19, 1987

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People Endure Leisure Ants Closer

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Life Family Business Look Back Fit

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

Conquer Die Retreat Must

I get invited to a thousand parties, but do I show up at them? No, I don't.

Up Show Get Thousand Invited Them

I used to deal with high-profile criminal cases that were covered extensively in the media, and one of the things I quickly appreciated was there was a gulf between what really took place in the middle of a case, the impact on victims, the effect on the police and how they solved crimes, and the way it was reported.

Police Impact Media Place Way Used

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Progress Help Others Brain Help Used

Wine is similar to music in that it's a purely experiential realm, and it's a purely subjective practice. That's sort of the funny thing about wine criticism or, for that matter, music criticism. At times, those are useful guides, but ultimately it's all about how you react to that music or wine.

Funny Music Practice Criticism Wine

The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want anybody coming out of the movie thinking about me.

Work Love Day People Me Thinking

I'm clean and sober.

Because we are all human beings, we are all HIV-eligible.

Brande Roderick

Human Because Human Beings Beings

I really care more about the human drama than I do the thriller stuff.

Care Drama More Human Stuff Than

I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to do with. He's dead now, so I guess I can't beat that horse any more. It left a very bad taste in my mouth, so I just went on about my business doing what I do and not involving myself with record companies, except for distribution.

Business Music Myself Horse Doing

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.

Fun Play Recording Drums Still Much

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