"Most of the criticism of my work was pretty good, but occasionally it would not be. And I just sort of felt that they absolutely didn't get what I was doing. It was their limitations on what they thought art should be or what they thought my work should be in relation to earlier work or whatever."

-- Robert Barry

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“Chess is mental torture.”
“I usually try to connect with young filmmakers over the phone so I can hear them and just pick their brain as to why they want to tell the story. And usually, I'm on board. I go, "Yeah, I'd love to help. And I just need to know why you want to do this,' and it's usually an easy process because a filmmaker usually reveals his or her heart in telling the story. And that's why I'm pretty much of a softy when it comes to helping along the young ones along the way.”
“I did an episode of 'Frasier' with my friend Kelsey Grammer once.”
“The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.”
“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”
“Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.”

Source : Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.169, Da Capo Press
“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.”
“Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems along the way, of which there are plenty. Nothing is easy. It's always rough.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com

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