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Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
William Stillman's Autism and the God Connection is a sensitive and illuminating work which could dramatically change how we view autism. — Carol Bowman Copy Share Image
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In a sense, I never got over Robert Lowell's History. A flawed, infinitely brilliant project I never tire of going back to.… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
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The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins… — Ray Lankester Copy Share Image
A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue. — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
’The Art of the Brick’ exhibition is accessible because it engages the child in all of us while simultaneously illuminating sophisticated and… — Nathan Sawaya Copy Share Image
There is humanist enterprise of the book, and amongst that there are many, many stories. And that is why at the end,… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
Nonfiction brought me back to earth and sobered me up whenever it seemed like I'd become too drunk on the lives and… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
I took a walk, Suddenly I stood still, filled with the realization that I had no body or mind. All I could… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power. — J. Tillman Copy Share Image
An epic subject requires a writer of epic skill and scope, and we have a perfect pairing in Cleopatra and Stacy Schiff.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Just as entropy is a measure of disorganization, the information carried by a set of messages is a measure of organization. In… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
It seemed inevitable to try to address my feelings about everything that had happened. To a certain degree, it felt cathartic, but… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Whenever possible, I like to have the supreme head of a company show me over the works. It is extremely illuminating to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
The basic problem is not political, it is apolitical and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
“Be so full of love, so filled with joy, so illuminating, that others drown in darkness when not in your presence.” — Mekael Shane Copy Share Image
What happens when all the parts of childhood are soldered down, when the young no longer have the time or space to… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
