Neil MacGregor Quotes

The distinction between a gallery and a museum is enormous. The gallery is about looking at a thing of beauty; the purpose of the activity is an aesthetic response. The museum is actually about the object that lets you get into somebody else's life.

Neil MacGregor

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LifeBeautyPurposeLookingYouGet

I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

Jess Walter

GreatPeopleThinkYouJazzBecome

Coaching courses are still much too theoretical, and this is what you see reflected in the basic technical skills of the average player. I even see things deteriorating.

Johan Cruyff

CoachingYouSkillsSeeThingsEven

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

Johann Lamont

ThoughtParentUncleMustPolitician

Honor is but an empty bubble.

John Dryden

HonorBubbleEmpty

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.

John Holmes

UniverseRememberOthersWellEntire

Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they're against it.

Ann Coulter

WorkTimeWillAlwaysDemocratsUs

In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?'

John Wesley

LifeArtMenStormReputationThink

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.

Steve Burns

ChildrenParentsWantWatchingNeed

The American people don't want Obamacare. It has been forced on the American people, despite the fact that Democrats no longer control the House.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleControlAmericanHouseWant

I treat my wife very differently than I treat my chums and my pals. I wouldn't worry about calling them on Valentine's Day, opening the door for them, or making sure they were OK.

Mike Huckabee

Valentine's DayDayWifeDoorTreat

My husband loves having his own room.

Lisa Jewell

HusbandRoomOwnHisHavingLoves

A very common thing these days is people show up and they ask us in the band to sign with a Sharpie right on their skin and they go get it tattooed the next day. Then they'll show up at another show and they'll have their tattoo.

Jared Leto

DayPeopleSkinGoTattooRight

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