Gerald Brenan Quotes

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

Gerald Brenan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

Jo Brand

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When I'm singing, that's all me. That's from the bottom of my heart - it's everything I've worked for. When you're on stage, there are no guidelines. No one's telling me what to do!

Jesse McCartney

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There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

Max von Sydow

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Whenever I was able to work with Hillary Clinton, it was a great pleasure.

Angela Merkel

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The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's not just a job. You feel like you're part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

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Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

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Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.

Michael Bennet

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As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.

Ron Kind

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Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

Louis Kronenberger

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When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

Milton Friedman

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There's not going to be a 'Buffy' season nine on television.

Joss Whedon

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I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.

AnnaLynne McCord

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