It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
I did go to Vietnam in 2000 as a kind of pilgrimage and to feel my generation was very much a part… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Triumphs against the natural order of living exact unforeseen payments. At the same time that man attempts to straighten a crooked nature,… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
[Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he redefined the medium and its possibilities. But he was more… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
“Her voice seemed to loosen something in Greta’s stomach, some knot she’d been holding on to for years, and now the knot… — Jen Beagin Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“War?" Something cold touched my cheek, and I glanched up to see snowflakes swirling in a lightning-riddled sky. It was eerily beautiful,… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
He who today utters a bold truth that seems to shock some old institution with the premonition of destruction, and that scares… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Like faith, marriage is a mystery. The person you're committed to spending your life with is known and yet unknown, at the… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
My friend Ray Comfort has produced a powerful piece of media that leaves a lasting mark on your heart and mind. '180'… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent… — Christopher Booker Copy Share Image
The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, .. All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth.… — Sung Won Sohn Copy Share Image
Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We have a slate of four films. From Karen Young - the USA bestselling author - we have Blood Bayou. Again, we're… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
Do you question my authority? I am the headmistress of Evernight!" It was Balthazar who answered her by casually slinging his crossbow… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The people of Earth are emerging from an amnesiac-like state of collective shock, which has blocked the influx of spiritual knowledge into… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us -" screeched the woman, but at that precise moment the door to… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
A poor old man held the winning ticket on a half million dollar lottery. Hearing the old man might be surprised at… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
I'm the new Oberjarl." I knew it," said Halt instantly, and the other three looked at him, totally scandalized. You did?" Erak… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing… — Javier Camara Copy Share Image
It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise for me, without a doubt, was that the first black people who came to the United States weren't the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Hurry not a woman's favor; neither forcer her hastily to surrender to thee. For she goeth into love as she goeth into… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend - just as if it were a novel… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Marry me. Nay, marriage will cost us precious moments together. Let us make sweet, passionate love right here. Let me bear your… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those who knew… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
Whenever you do a movie, it's a culture shock. Who is it? Where are you? What are you doing? Who are these… — William Atherton Copy Share Image
Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be considered a gradualist. He is not decreeing Sharia as the law of the land tomorrow. He’s making… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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