For me, the goal is always to write a novel that I myself would like to read. People frequently ask me what… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When I'm working on the scripts or working with the other actors or rehearsing with the director, and when the director is… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Facility is an obstacle to any creativeness. In any art form. You get a nice effect without effort, sometimes by accident, and… — Lilli Palmer Copy Share Image
Defendants' essential contention is that bans on same-sex marriage promote the welfare of children, by encouraging good parenting in stable opposite-sex families....… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
And so it's no surprise that people who object to the death penalty on pure moral grounds also think it has no… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
. . . if [writing] lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence, then the effect is to be… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that… — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The majority of photographers still seek artistic effects, imitating other mediums of graphic expression. The result is a hybrid product that does… — Tina Modotti Copy Share Image
On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I now have had my foggy crystal ball for quite a long time. Its predictions are invariably gloomy and usually correct, but… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
After years spent trying to deal with the effects of COINTELPRO, my rage at the FBI's almost unimaginable evil remains undiminished because… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. All the dogmatic… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I'd like to be proven wrong on the difficulty of handling the medical side-effects of long term exposure to deep space (both… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
No missionary can determine the lasting effects of his or her labors. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
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