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Bernard Beckett Quotes

Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover God's great plan.

Bernard Beckett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: 1967

Topics

God Great Men World Thought Plan

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

Andrew Motion

Family Good Poetry Doors You Royal

And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.

John Kasich

Health Moving Energy Care Doing

No one manipulates me.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the room who went, 'Heh, I don't think it is there yet, guys,' we'd scrap the whole song. I think that took a little bit of songwriting maturity for us.

Johnny Christ

Maturity Song Think Perfect Person

Change is painful, and people are always reticent to accept a lot of pain.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Change Pain People Accept Always

I hadn't been a particularly precocious reader, but everybody else in my family was.

Tom Rachman

Family Been Everybody Everybody Else

There's nobody who cares more about you than you, and there's nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

Rush Limbaugh

Care Better Take Care You Nobody

Well, for me the pro-life issue has been something I've been very passionate about since the '70s, and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics.

Mike Huckabee

Community Politics Me Long Something

'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical.

Luke James

Song Someone You Dark Want Dancing

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

Joseph Barbera

Great Over Years Been Vast Outdoor

People go into a gallery, and they're afraid to express their opinions about art. No one's afraid to say, 'Keanu Reeves was bad in that movie.' We see so many films that we can tell who's faking it. But with art, we can't always tell.

William Quigley

Art People Opinions Bad Go Say

If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar has been set so high.

Phil LaMarr

Comedy Doing You High Park Anything