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As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#anyone #aspirations #away #decades #denied

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. ↗

— Georges Braque

#cannot #explain #only #thing #valuable

Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny. ↗

— Georges Braque

#been #destiny #incorporated #new #object

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#bored #boredom #career #cops #death

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death. ↗

— Phil Bredesen

#between #consequences #death #decisions #difference

And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#best #best way #crowd #did #education

Depending on your own background and life experiences, this may or may not be new to you, but after an eight-to-twelve-hour day, white office workers often don't feel like they've spent enough time with each other. Therefore, they are prone to organizing pseudo-official company activities such as bowling or happy hour. ↗

— Baratunde R. Thurston

#non-fiction #experience

Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong? ↗

— Richard Brautigan

#anything #astronomers #closest #discovered #empty

I'm in a constant process of thinking about things. ↗

— Richard Brautigan

#constant #i #process #things #thinking

I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#continue #discipline #esoteric #experience #i