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Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#am #art #arts #because #been

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#also #attempts #common #common sense #create

What happens often - although I'm not particularly a victim of this sort of thing - is that somebody will make a quote, or invent a remark and it gets printed, ends up on the 'net and it becomes currency. And some of them are so bizarre! ↗

— Robert Palmer

#becomes #bizarre #currency #ends #gets

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many. ↗

— Paracelsus

#deemed #good #helps #highest #many

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#books #booksellers #come #get #help

I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them. ↗

— Christopher Parker

#awards #because #ceremonies #even #go

Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create. ↗

— Ed Parker

#often #study #taught #traditionalists

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#attempt #bold #considered #desperate #generally

I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#come #gardening #helping #helping people #hindsight

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect. ↗

— James Payn

#enough #fact #having #him #his