Philosophy, for me, is a way of relearning to look at the world, a world that is familiar to us, that we… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
To a great extent, suffering is a sort of need felt by the organism to make itself familiar with a new state,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I treat everywhere as being a center from which I can enjoy the surroundings. And so Austin is very stimulating. I'm familiar… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
You have to distinguish between things that seemed odd when they were new but are now quite familiar, such as Ibsen and… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not… — Nina Hagen Copy Share Image
Anxiety was comfortable to me because it was familiar. If none existed, unconsciously I stirred it up to destroy the unfamiliarity of… — Lucy Freeman Copy Share Image
American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was this very deliberate move to just overlay an American reality in Iraq. I've never actually seen the map, but apparently… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Despair was so familiar to me; it could be banished by the sight of a beautiful mannikin in the window. It could… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work,… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
We are supposed to believe that every dollar given to a Clinton is a dollar that improves the world. But is it?… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects,… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
