David Harsanyi Quotes

A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

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• Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.

  

  Daniel D. Palmer
  • Man
  • Universe
  • Spiritual

• I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Lost

• Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Simple
  • Clothes
  • Comfortable

• Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Up
  • Forget
  • Healthy

• From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • America
  • Always
  • Poetry

• If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.

  

  Sam Altman
  • You
  • Go
  • Companies

• But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Challenge
  • Acting
  • Loved

• Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Time
  • Day
  • Step

• I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Party
  • Republican
  • Pro-life

• People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Reading
  • Beach

• For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
  • Time
  • Wanted
  • Become

• I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Society

• I come from the bottom of the ladder. I'm from Norwich. Not many people seem to know about it.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • People
  • Know
  • Ladder

• Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • Food
  • Anxiety
  • Eating

• Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.

  

  Barry Levinson
  • Actor
  • Show
  • Coach

• 'Technologies are control systems,' she said. 'They dictate your reality.'

  

  Karl Schroeder
  • She
  • Reality
  • Control

• Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal.

  

  Leonard Mlodinow
  • People
  • Imagination
  • Perception

• She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellow'd to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.

  

  Lord Byron
  • She
  • Eyes
  • Dark

• You can't put civil rights on the ballot.

  

  Jesse Ventura

• In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.

  

  Daniel H. Pink
  • Brain

• I'm a black woman, so I'm obviously not going to write something where women aren't at the forefront.

  

  Lena Waithe
  • Women
  • Black

• I finished my university, was part of NSD, and did full length plays on stages.

  

  Mohit Chauhan
  • University
  • Finished
  • Length

• I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me because I am totally appreciative, and I like my fans! They seem to have the same interests as me. They are kind of nerdy and cool - and have good taste, obviously.

  

  Jill Sobule
  • Good
  • Cool

• A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

  

  David Harsanyi