Rebecca Goldstein is a rare find among contemporary novelists: she has intellectual muscle as well as a tender emotional reach. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I mean, people listen to music, and they like that, but I think in England, a lot of people don't like contemporary… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
“Snakes don't have fuckin' legs, so how was I supposed to think there'd be one hidin' in the face of a damn… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
“I can see the stars in your eyes from a mile away. They guide me to you just like the North Star.”… — Kelly Curry Copy Share Image
I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
So, for a book set in 2006, Open City evades certain markers, while it embraces certain others. Julius doesn't use a smartphone,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married,… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“He smiled wickedly, and my body warmed. "Girls dig bad boys." "Unfortunately, that's true." "Is there a message, Bridge?" "In your dreams,"… — Stephanie Witter Copy Share Image
Expecting a novel to bear the weight of our whole disturbed society—to help solve our contemporary problems—seems to me a peculiarly American… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Beyond the mythology, Wonder Woman gets to play with several dichotomies. It's Amazon culture versus man's world; ancient mythological times versus the… — Bruce Timm Copy Share Image
The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the… — Will Self Copy Share Image
My goal is to tell good stories. And to try as best I can to do something new with acting. To learn… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Bernard Hopkins' style is the way...everything he does is for a reason - little head feints, little hand movements, little shoulder rolls… — Chris Algieri Copy Share Image
Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer a real… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the… — Chelsea Leyland Copy Share Image
Nothing contemporary is as extreme or as strongly stated as what the Sex Pistols were able to do in their time. — Julien Temple Copy Share Image
Chronic boredom compensated or uncompensated constitutes one of the major psychopathological phenomena in contemporary technotronic society, although it is only recently that… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I am an architect. I try to feel the transparency in contemporary buildings and I try to understand the transparency in Zen… — Luis Gonzalez Copy Share Image
'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Although contemporary advertising is relatively young, it already has a considerable tradition. Each new ad is encountered against a background of thousands… — Guy Cook Copy Share Image
I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“His smile is beautiful. It's the kind of smile that can take away all nervousness and tension in a room, no matter… — S. Elle Cameron Copy Share Image
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and… — Moby Copy Share Image
I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
If you look at the Olympic graphics for Mexico or Los Angeles, those programs don't look contemporary by today's eyes but they… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
I don't like most contemporary art. But I think if you talked to any person who's heavily involved in contemporary art, they'd… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
Hebrew as a contemporary language, especially for poetry, is no longer the language of the Bible; but neither is it not the… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
In my view, only those who have had the courage to work through Lacan's anti-philosophy without faltering deserve to be called 'contemporary… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t kissing me like I was going to break; he was kissing me like he thought he would break without this… — Christie Cote Copy Share Image
As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives. — John G. D. Clark Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
