James Wolcott Quotes
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.James Wolcott
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
Edmund White -
When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
Kate Klise -
When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
Sampha -
I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
Natalie Portman -
If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
Fannie Lou Hamer -
No decent career was ever founded on a public.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
R. A. Butler -
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
Laura Marling -
I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
Damien Hirst -
My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
Gary Oldman -
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
Iris Apfel
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
Edith Head -
Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
Indra Devi -
The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
Magic Johnson -
You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
Harbhajan Singh -
I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
Victoria Aveyard -
The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
N. Scott Momaday
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Parents should leave books lying around marked 'forbidden' if they want their children to read.
Doris Lessing -
Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.
George R. R. Martin -
Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.
Bob Geldof -
I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.
Charles Lamb -
The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better.
Apolo Ohno -
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.
James Wolcott