#bet

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#counsel #difference #flatterer #friend #giveth

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#better #break #coming #could #divisive

He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you. ↗

— Jane Badler

#between #could #create #did #environment

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#between #choose #creator #define #group

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience. ↗

— George P. Baker

#between #clever #comedy #depends #difference

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better! ↗

— Joanna Baillie

#better #day #disgusting #everything #him

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride. ↗

— Joanna Baillie

#better thing #pampered #perhaps #pride #starved

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#better #compete #competitions #could #exhibitions

I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done. ↗

— David Baker

#believe #between #concerned #conflict #done

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death. ↗

— George P. Baker

#come #death #elizabethan #ending #far