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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Jacques Barzun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012

Topics

Heart School Baseball Mind Game

Design can overcome our most deeply rooted stranger-danger bias.

Joe Gebbia

Design Bias Overcome Rooted Most

I got rid of all of my non-stick pots and pans, anything that had a kind of toxic surface in terms of cooking.

Anna Getty

Cooking Kind Toxic Anything Surface

In the YA community, we are fighting for you and alongside you. When you make your voice heard, we're gonna be even louder on your behalf. That's definitely what I would like for teenagers to know. We've got you. We got you. I promise we do.

Angie Thomas

Community Voice Fighting You Know

To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

Ann Brashares

Yourself World Story Think You Open

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

Jean Rostand

Fair Critics Not Fair Take Resist

There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading.

Amandla Stenberg

Life Power Ideas Reading Think You

I love exploring New York and I think that's what is so exciting about it. You find places that you've never heard of or seen before all the time.

Tory Burch

Love Time New York Think You Find

'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Dog Experience Me Important Movie

I went to see every angler on the bank to see how they were doing, to try to give them a few tips or whatever. But yeah, we had a lot of fun. It was definitely a good time and we're definitely going to do it again next year.

Tom Felton

Good Time Fun Doing Year Try

There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.

Mary Steenburgen

Skin Southern Worse Than Cliches

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Think Country Nuclear Weapons Weapons

Voting shouldn't be a challenge. It should be as easy and accessible as possible. We shouldn't require forms of ID that folks don't have. We shouldn't restrict days or hours that allow working people a chance to both do their job and exercise their democratic right, and we damn well shouldn't be throwing up new obstacles midstream.

Donna Brazile

Challenge Job People Obstacles Easy