I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies… — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave… — Strother Martin Copy Share Image
I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in… — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
“How did we become so prejudiced by our idiosyncrasies?...We shared the same languages, but spoke of worlds so subtly different that language… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
His wry sense of humour and his stalwart courage were an inspiring example to so many. His ability to laugh at Life's… — John McLeod Copy Share Image
One suggestion is to regard your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make… — Wes Nisker Copy Share Image
White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness -… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
To be human is to be a human, a specific person with a life history and idiosyncrasy and point of view; artificial… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to… — John Henry Holland Copy Share Image
In the transcribing and the editing, you want some retention of how the person speaks - you don't want to edit out… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I like Billy Beane for the fact that he - his idiosyncrasies, that he can't watch the games without getting too emotional,… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I was 65 in May, and when I have just shaved, I see my father. I realise that I now have the… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
And there is a lot of idiosyncrasy. But there are also regularities and phenomena. And what the data is going to be… — Esther Duflo Copy Share Image
The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors,… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
To some extent, we all have quirks or idiosyncrasies, and some geniuses, because of how bright they are and how focused they… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Bestiality is not my thing But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as… — Frank Kameny Copy Share Image
It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and… — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Do you know, I think that of all your idiosyncrasies that choke you give, when you are determined not to laugh, is… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books have their idiosyncrasies as well as people, and will not show me their full beauties unless the place and time in… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people,… — Anne F. Beiler Copy Share Image
Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Schoolchildren make up their own rules and enforce their own conformities. They feel safest when leisure time is rationed and dosed. They… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Shakespeare would seem to have been a person for whom the human voice/personality in all its splendid idiosyncrasy was absolutely enthralling. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
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