Bernard Sahlins Quotes

I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time, and in the end, the audience is not interested in how you got there but in what you're saying. The more clearly and concisely and artistically you say it, the more effective it is.

Bernard Sahlins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 20, 1922 - June 16, 2013

Topics

TimeBestSayingThinkEndYou

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

Joe Lieberman

CommunityPrioritiesValuesTalk

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

John McAfee

LifeTruthPowerMeTruth IsYou

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

Ameen Rihani

FailureSoulDisappointmentSelfWho

Someone comes every morning at nine o'clock to see if I am still alive. I do get lonely, yes, but I have the children who come and see me. I see all my children every week, and there are the grandchildren, too.

Tony Benn

MorningChildrenI AmMeLonelySee

To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.

Mary Oliver

YouFindNewDifferentWordAlert

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

Miuccia Prada

LoveBeautifulMomentStartThinking

It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.

Mitt Romney

TimeMountainsGovernmentOutCut

I decided to go back home and try to enroll in the University of Houston.

Josh Gordon

HomeBackGoTryHoustonUniversity

The worst thing we can do is to do nothing.

Brad Henry

NothingWorstWorst ThingThing

I can count on one hand the number of conductors-composers-arrangers that I enjoy working with, and at the top of that list is Mack Wilberg. I feel like I've known Mack forever. I'm just nuts for him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

FeelEnjoyI CanHandTopCount

I took obedience, agility, and shepherding with my dog.

Annaleigh Ashford

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I can't always live my life for everybody else.

Aubrey O'Day

LifeLiveMy LifeAlwaysEverybody

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