Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes
The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.
Quotes to Explore
-
Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
-
I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
-
What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
-
When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
-
I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
-
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
-
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
-
You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
-
Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
-
E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
-
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
-
Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
-
I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
-
I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.
-
If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
-
I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
-
The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
-
There's a love of rhetorical skill in the Muslim world. Osama bin Laden doesn't just go on tape cassettes and say, 'America sucks.' He recites poetry; he finds things that 'America sucks' rhymes with.
-
The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business.
-
Incumbents don't like it, but political competition is a good thing. Incumbents usually outspend challengers by better than 3 to 1. Super PACs, which tend to support challengers, have nullified some of this advantage.
-
Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.
-
The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.
-
I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a directing student.
-
The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.
