Peter Bart Quotes

One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.

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• An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.

  

  Sam Francis
  • Light
  • Darkness
  • Increase

• I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Diet
  • Constantly
  • Strict

• One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.

  

  Eden Riegel
  • Children
  • Trying
  • Mother

• The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • Up
  • Teach
  • Students

• There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?

  

  Larry Kramer
  • Death
  • Question
  • Gay

• Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.

  

  Harley Viera-Newton
  • Fun
  • Always
  • Modeling

• People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • People
  • Book
  • Attention

• The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

  

  Lascelles Abercrombie
  • First
  • Literary
  • Meant To Be

• I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Think
  • Church
  • Christian

• I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Girl
  • Tough
  • Reflect

• Panama is a country that's been dealing with issues of identity since its very birth. It was born on Wall Street. It was born out of engineering construction. It was the canal. Because of the canal, the country was born, so the country has been divided into pro-canal and against-canal people for so long.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • People
  • Long
  • Country

• I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.

  

  Malik Bendjelloul
  • Music
  • Art
  • Way

• The earliest English attempts at rhyming probably included words whose agreement is so slight that it deserves the name of mere 'assonance' rather than that of actual rhyme.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Words
  • English
  • Name

• Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success.

  

  Jackson Katz
  • Success
  • Political
  • Anger

• I want to challenge the best, and I'm ready.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Want
  • Best
  • Challenge

• Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.

  

  Vijay Singh
  • Knowledge
  • Best
  • Player

• When the Jewish people, after nearly 2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on 14 May 1948 the 'fig tree' put forth its first leaves. Jesus said that this would indicate that He was 'at the door,' ready to return.

  

  Hal Lindsey
  • People
  • May
  • Jesus

• I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.

  

  Patti Smith

• The way I look at it is, when you allow people to submerge themselves into a story, they will react by thinking through what it's about. That's just so much more fun and effective, I think, than a lecture.

  

  Jordan Peele
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Fun

• You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance.

  

  Emerson Fittipaldi
  • Football
  • Brain
  • Car

• I think people now - you know, a lot of athletes have come out and said, I would definitely accept, you know, a gay male athlete in the locker room and on my team.

  

  Megan Rapinoe
  • People
  • Team
  • Gay

• The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can be tall or short or fat or thin. They can obey the rules or break them. But they need to contain a charge. A live current, which shocks and illuminates.

  

  Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Book
  • Personality
  • Break

• One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.

  

  Peter Bart