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Making Quotes by Susan Sontag
- Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous…
- The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV…
- It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in…
- The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty…
- Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist…
- War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome.…
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- Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly… — Hannah Arendt
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important.… — David Attenborough
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. — Teresa of Avila
- I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives… — Peter Ackroyd