#brilliance

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#brilliance #business #economics #intact #management

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there. ↗

— Stephen Fry

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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. ↗

— Ann Landers

#brilliance #comet #fleeting #happy #happy marriage

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

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One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors. ↗

— Cyril Cusack

#generosity #heightened #often #other #performance

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ↗

— John Mortimer

#clean #common #common sense #finger #law

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature! ↗

— Thomas Mann

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I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#anywhere #brilliance #else #face #hair