Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of… — Stephen K. Hayes Copy Share Image
Contemporary politics is all about phony energy, about running around slamming doors for the sake of it-or, more to the point, opening… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I think that The Great Gatsby has had some influence on contemporary dressing. I'm seeing more boyish haircuts and drop-waist sheath dresses. — Ruth E. Carter Copy Share Image
I'm reading a manuscript by Rodney Jones, "Village Prodigies",it's one of the best contemporary poetry books I've ever read ever. — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
In our contemporary world, no one can think or work with a single picture of what a family is. No one can… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though… — John Blacking Copy Share Image
Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about,… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
“...You're worried that you're going to go out of here and mess up your lines or trip on your high heels, but… — Laura Lascarso Copy Share Image
I look at graphic design as communication, meaning that the work has to have a vibe to connect to the viewer or… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
I shot a pilot for ABC, which I'm a bit confused about what the actual title is - I heard it was… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
When I was doing theater for all those years in New York, I did a lot of classical theater, wearing big corsets… — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
When I go to galleries in New York, I feel like I'm in school. I know that there's good contemporary conceptual art,… — Kyp Malone Copy Share Image
“Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
“I guess I should thank you for totally making my morning. It’s not every day a stranger notices my perspiration level. -… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Disneyworld...is a historical reconstruction as sanitised as the Kremlin's, and a future vision as uncognisant of contemporary pointers as Peter Pan's. It… — Alan Coren Copy Share Image
Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
Critics often point to historical issues such as slavery, upon which many Christians did act inconsistently, in an effort to invalidate Christian… — H. Wayne House Copy Share Image
I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
I first wrote down all the phenomena that have emerged in contemporary society that I thought were related to this theme ["sea… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today. — Douglas Kirkland Copy Share Image
This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
People are probably correct when they see me as the so-called Everyman. I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. I understand them and… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
Richard Gavin is one of the bright new stars in contemporary weird fiction. His richly textured style, deft character portrayal, and powerful… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
The Senior Moment has become the Google moment, and it has a much nicer, hipper, younger, more contemporary sound, doesn't it? By… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are… — Victor Pinchuk Copy Share Image
I've found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness. — James Hillman Copy Share Image
“Melons. The girls. Gazongas. I could rattle off every nickname in the world for my boobs – oops nearly forgot jubblies –… — Gabrielle Tozer Copy Share Image
All the pictures I do are contemporary. I've sort of discovered I haven't really been into science fiction or period pictures. And… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
“She loves dogs. And in time, who knows, maybe she would even have ended up loving the type of dogs who eat… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
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