In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A lot of those old ideas are dying with the people who created them, and there's this new generation of filmmaker that's… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every… — Ben Webster Copy Share Image
Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
John von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Because Al-Qaeda has been a non-state centered organisation, many of these scenarios do not exactly apply. These are not wars between states.… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
More generally, independent farmers had to be trained to become docile workers in the expanding industrial system. It was necessary to drive… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Aaron Spelling was a huge fan of vampires, and everything in that genre. He just really loved the entire subject of vampires… — Brigid Brannagh Copy Share Image
So here I am, sending a two-ounce mouse down into a dungeon with a sewing needle to save a human princess, and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms of changing people's ideas of us and… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
The extraordinary fact is that the first idea I had which motivated me, that worked, is conjecture, a mathematical idea which may… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
In nature, creatures never ended the lives of others except to survive. To women, abortion was self-defense and preservation of the species.… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol,… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
There's been a greater awareness among people, especially geeks, that the laws of physics don't allow that much wiggle room in terms… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
While I'm still healthy, while I still have ideas in this crazy head of mine, I want to contribute, and I want… — Kenny Omega Copy Share Image
We find the vast majority of people in every country believing that there will be a time when this world will become… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In a time when everything can be next day and ordered and put on credit and paid for, music to me is… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
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People were standing up everywhere shouting, "This is me! This is me!" Every time you looked at them they stood up and… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Lincoln has accepted America as a biracial society. He's talking about giving at least some black men the right to vote. In… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
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Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
A pretty woman is a Christmas tree,' my mother told me in the airport. This fella is hanging things on my branches… — Joshilyn Jackson Copy Share Image
He had made a passionate study of education, only to come, gradually, to the knowledge that education is nothing but the process… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The most beautiful conception of immortality of which I know, and certainly one that by contrast shows the utter vulgarity of Christian… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea. I ate several, and it seemed to me… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight From the disease of conceit Whole lot of people seeing double tonight From… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
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Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
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![“I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the…” quote by Ben Webster](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ca1/ben-webster-48480_battle_i-used-to-live-at-the-cecil-hotel-which_1175916.jpg)
![“[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these…” quote by Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c7b/carrie-brownstein-1580_allergic_i-hate-the-ways-that-people-want-their-s_154917.jpg)
![“Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he…” quote by Michael Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/373/michael-pitt-9202_asking_every-director-is-different-and-they-all_1683731.jpg)
