The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one`s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one`s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike
You hear so much about the old movie moguls and the impersonal factories where there is no freedom. MGM was a wonderful place where decisions were made on my behalf by my superiors. What`s wrong with that?
Jimmy Stewart
After 9/11 disaster from article in Commentary magazine, November 2001: "Who would have thought that I`d be angry on behalf of my country? I`m used to being angry at my country."
Janeane Garofalo
Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. We`ve come a long way and I feel like I`...
Mariah Carey
(Following a 1943 U.S.O tour to New Guinea) There`s no coin in Hollywood, rich as it is, that can pay a fellow the way I`ve been paid for my little effort on behalf of the G.I.s out there. It was the greatest emotional experience of my life.
Gary Cooper
Upon winning his Academy Award for Bowling for Columbine (2002): "On behalf of our producers, Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I`d like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and w...
Michael Moore
When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared.
Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby
We salute Prudential for their efforts on behalf of working mothers, and for making the top 10 list for the fifth time. It is my hope that other companies around the country learn from the best and experience first-hand the value of flexibility as a busin...
Annie Dillard
We salute Northwestern Memorial for their efforts on behalf of working mothers, and for making the 100 Best for the sixth time, ... It is my hope that other companies around the country learn from the best and experience first-hand the value of flexibilit...
Annie Dillard
We pledge to speak up whenever or wherever a Jew is in danger, anywhere in the world, ... We pledge also to speak up on behalf of all people in danger -- in Bosnia, in Rwanda, in Sudan.
Edward Fox
We had everything going. We got them to fourth down, and they threw up a Hail Mary and they caught it. It was a good play on their behalf.
Dale Robinson
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sidney Morse. Sidney and his family created a building that has withstood the test of time as a landmark of the apparel industry. On behalf of everyone at the California Market Center, we offer Sidney`s fam...
Art Stewart
U.S. states discharge a heavy responsibility to invest on behalf of millions of public employees. We believe it is inevitable that at some point the U.S. will join the other G8 countries and introduce limitations on the emissions of greenhouse gases. That...
Barbara Kaiser
Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Today, men and women in uniform ... work so hard on our behalf to protect our freedom (and) our liberty. As they give their best for us, we want to be there for them, ... The good news for returning veterans is that the demand for skilled talent is very s...
Antonella Notari
Today, I`m here to express on behalf of my father, my family, and the principality of Monaco, my sorrow and sympathy to the people of New York and to the American people for the September 11 tragedy.
Andy Anson
They`ll be there on our behalf doing what we`ve been doing for the last several days, meeting with CN officials, getting updates and holding their feet to the fire.
Antoine Blunt
There are a lot of guys on both campaigns, on all the campaigns now, who do some very questionable lobbying on behalf of very questionable interests and do things that trouble me a whole lot more than a woman writing a book about masturbation.
Susan Estrich
The opportunity to continue to play such a significant role on behalf of Petrobras in the Campos Basin and Espirito Santos regions is extremely gratifying. It is heartening to see that the quality of our service and engineering expertise has contributed t...
Gary Young
The Monitor is undertaking strenuous efforts on Jill`s behalf, taking advantage of every opportunity we have at our disposal. People at the Monitor are working on this night and day in a variety of cities around the world.
David Cook
The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren`t acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it.
Jim Garrison
The courts cannot garnish a father`s salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat.
Allen Floyd
The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat that it will have to win a gigantic battle before it realizes its goals.
Alice Schwarzer
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one`s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike
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