#pen

Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#company #dance #ever #expensive #furthers

I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these portraits ends up as a picture of a woman with blonde hair. I myself have never been able to work out why this happens. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

#admire #artists #been #blonde #blonde hair

Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#been #ceiling #changes #debt #debt ceiling

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#become #came #consistently #fairly #good

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

#always #beings #collectively #compensates #decadence

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#alone #aspect #crime #elude #fact

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti. ↗

— Mario Batali

#eyes #forgiveness #happen #i #iron

Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. ↗

— Mario Batali

#best #delicious #delicious food #dictates #food

The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. ↗

— Mario Batali

#castle #family #find #happiest #itself

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving. ↗

— Mario Batali

#dinner #else #even #generous #giving