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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Great End Routine Changes Begin

Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.

Good Food Service Experience Want

When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Funny Me London English Accent

Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed.

Me You Say Sitting Actor Way

I turned atheist in the '90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts... Mumbai, where I live, was badly affected. I blamed religion; also, extremists on both sides - right and left.

Live Religion India Atheist Mumbai

It's kind of a weird process being pitched by the company you're already with.

Process Weird You Kind Company

I always say, 'I really need to take a break.' It's three days in and I'm getting pretty bored.

Three Say Need Always Days Break

To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.

Myself Me Challenges Someone Done

I'm doing a bit of theatre: I'm doing a Mike Bartlett play called 'Contractions.' I'm very, very happy and lucky to be going back to the stage.

Happy Theatre Doing Back Play Lucky

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Powerful Satire Against Powerless

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

Desire Never Politician Wanted Until

I believe in God, but I'm not dominated by it.

God Believe I Believe I Believe In

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

Good Power Past Bad Historical

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