I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
To the extent that these [New Deal policies] developed, they were tortured interpretations of a document [the Constitution] intended to prevent them. — Rexford Tugwell Copy Share Image
The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only… — Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal Copy Share Image
Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I generally like grey roles. My interpretation of drama is different from the popular perception. Acting, for me, is not about overplaying,… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
... the novel, as a living force, if not as a work of art, owes an incalculable debt to what we call,… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
“Satellites can see your thoughts, but not through rock,' is like something they might say. In John William's case, it was conscious… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
The problem is sitting in the birthplace of Islam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where this interpretation of Islam has gone out into… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
There are for man only two principles available for a mental grasp of reality, namely, those of teleology and causality. What cannot… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In a way, I think this album is stronger than the last one - in terms of not hiding behind anything. So… — Sarah Blasko Copy Share Image
I like the boundaryless potential you get when you make work for a context that is open to interpretation. Thinking about an… — Josephine Meckseper Copy Share Image
I know that might sound perverse because I played Julian Assange but, honestly, I don't think it would be fair for me… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Too often do reviewers remind us of the mob of Astrologers, Chaldeans, and Soothsayers gathered before 'the writing on the wall' and… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
This is why I believe that many of our current eschatologies, intoxicated by dubious interpretations of John’s Apocalypse are not only ignorant… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
“A more generous, more useful interpretation of the phrase is that we should write about what we know, *however we come to… — Christopher Beha Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I follow my inspiration to wherever it goes. I do want the fans to feel the fun and excitement about it, and… — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My metaphor for translation has always been that translation is really a performance art. You take the original and try to perform… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one… — Henry de Montherlant Copy Share Image
Art is the ability to communicate through an intermediary and to convey one's feelings through an isolated object. It's inspiration and incubation.… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
“But it’s not something new what makes you special and authentic, is what you bring to the table. Your distinct voice. Your… — Orge Castellano Copy Share Image
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The only guarantee of the Bill of Rights which continues to have any force and effect is the one prohibiting quartering troops… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose… — William-Adolphe Bouguereau Copy Share Image
Sometimes we listen to too many commentators about things that don't affect their lives because they're in a different tax bracket. Or… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
In shows where the audience wants to try to understand the work, the work is placed in a space of possibility where… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I only have a Bachelor's Degree but I've had professors who have instilled this kind of academic rigor in me where I… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America. — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
There have been so many interpretations of both Batman and the Joker in the comic books themselves over the decades, from one… — Michael Uslan Copy Share Image