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Dakin Matthews Quotes

I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: November 7, 1940

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Culture Believe Important I Believe

As a man may know about Africa either by going there personally or by reading descriptions written by travelers who have been there, so may he visit the super-physical realms if he will but qualify himself therefor, or he may learn what others who have so qualified themselves report as a result of their investigations.

Man Reading Learn Result Know Will

As a bureaucracy becomes more established, it develops its own career structure. It is less dependent, and should be less dependent, on individual personalities. Absolutely no one is indispensable.

Career Bureaucracy More Structure

As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a writer I greatly admired than as a teacher. As for other writers, I think it's safe to say that my work has been and continues to be influenced to one degree or another by every writer whose work I love and admire.

Work Love Teacher Writing Think Say

Immigration is not going to be a 'side issue' in 2016 - it is the issue.

Immigration Side Going Issue

I try not to think about the things I can't control.

Control Think Try Things About

Things are going better now than ever, but in 24 months? I could be hearing crickets.

Better Now Hearing Things Going

In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.

Business Sports Best Focus Energy

Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis.

Good Party Living Fair Need Workers

I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.

Learning Habit Thoughts Moving Book

A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn't. Like East African free jazz, which as far as I know does not exist.

Future Music Past Looking Back Free

I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.

Anthony Michael Hall

Family Father Myself New York City

In what way can a revelation be made but by miracles? In none which we are able to conceive.

William S. Paley

Miracles Way Revelation Able Made

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