James Wolcott Quotes
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian -
The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
Otto Schily -
In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
Warren Spector -
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
Sam Harris -
I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
Ike Barinholtz
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
Ralph Chaplin -
If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
Calvin Peete -
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Nadine Gordimer -
It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
Paddy Ashdown -
I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
Lana Turner
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
Zach Galifianakis -
I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
Walter Reisch -
It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
Eden Hazard -
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
Damon Albarn Blur -
A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
Maisie Williams
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The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources.
Jared Diamond -
Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.
Billy Higgins -
I am more than my measurements. I'm not Ashley Graham just because I'm curvy.
Ashley Graham -
I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive.
Lynn Nottage -
All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. -
Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.
James Wolcott