Material Quotes

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When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage… — Steve Martin
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state. — Karl Marx
The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. — Karl Marx
The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is… — Karl Marx
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. — Andre Maurois
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of… — Joyce Maynard
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in writing… — Danny McBride
I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a… — Bruce McCulloch
The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance,… — Norman McLaren
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of… — Russell Means
The newspapers turn a blind eye to how they get their material as long as they have great photographs. — Sienna Miller
There are two worlds we live in: a material world, bound by the laws of physics, and the world inside our mind, which is just… — Alan Moore
If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written lots of material,… — Dylan Moran
It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted… — Alanis Morissette
In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. — Viggo Mortensen
The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to… — Lewis Mumford
The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an… — Nathan Myhrvold
When I was very young, I didn't really write my own material. I just memorized other peoples' jokes. Established comics, like Stanley Myron Handelman and… — Kevin Nealon
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. — Jawaharlal Nehru
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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