#sense

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗

— James Fenton

#done #fine #fine thing #forgery #generous

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#did #human #human rights #invent #invented

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#comedy #comes #i #i think #low

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true. ↗

— Pablo Casals

#i #i am #i want you #life #man

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#far #field #goes #i #i think

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime. ↗

— June Carter Cash

#anything #because #been #character #flown

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that. ↗

— Nick Cave

#beset #best #come #did #ever

We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense. ↗

— Neil Cavuto

#kindest #liars #mean #nation #sense

I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#came #childhood #comics #contained #found

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#also #artist #awake #continual #dignity