Jacques Barzun Quotes

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

Jacques Barzun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I never dwell on what happened. You can't change it. Move forward. Don't waste your energy on being angry at something that somebody did six months ago or a year ago. It's over. Done. Move forward.

Joan Rivers

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Well, we had more money and more time the first season than we did at TV 23.

Joel Hodgson

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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

Stendhal

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I like juices and antioxidants. I'm a health nut.

Trudie Styler

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I think Mike Nichols is brilliant, but I think Jerry Robbins was a genius.

Rita Moreno

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Now, juggling can be a lot of fun; play with skill and play with space, play with rhythm.

Michael Moschen

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Of course, I can't wait until I get the medal and I can walk around the house and say, 'Daddy, I got you.'

Michelle Carter

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The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.

Ludwig Quidde

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Our planet is dying. Whales will be extinct before we ever get to know them. They say these creatures are so intelligent. They may disappear from the face of the Earth before we know them, and that is a great tragedy.

Loretta Swit

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I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

Chris Brown

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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

Peter De Vries

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Thomas Jefferson

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