Paul Auster Quotes
Art is not politics. The glory of the novel is that in its essence, it is a democratic form, because it treats individuals as worthy of scrutiny. That alone is a kind of political act. A good novel about a tea party of rich women can be just as galvanizing and important to the soul as War and Peace, so I think it's not really the job of artists to do anything. They can have their opinions as private citizens, but they must continue making their art.
Paul Auster
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
Zig Ziglar
I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
Edgar Ramirez
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Barney Frank
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
Karen Kain
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
Victor Hugo
Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
Iain Duncan Smith
In Chicago, they die for their teams.
Zubin Mehta
I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
Patrick Ness
Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
Lars Ulrich
Metallica
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
H. L. Mencken
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
D. H. Lawrence
'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.
Ian Mckellen
The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.
Bernard Hopkins
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.
Hannah Arendt
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.
Erykah Badu
Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go on as they have been. Feeling tired raises a deep fear that they may not be able to continue the struggle. Many find it difficult to say, ‘I can’t.’ As children, they were taught that where there’s a will, there’s a way. To say, ‘I can’t,’ is to admit failure, which is seen as evidence that they are unworthy of love.
Alexander Lowen
I miss the ocean. I miss diving into the cold water and coming out a new man. On the road it's hard to get that feeling. Showers are okay, but there's nothing quite like being in the ocean.
Angus Stone
Angus & Julia Stone
Art is not politics. The glory of the novel is that in its essence, it is a democratic form, because it treats individuals as worthy of scrutiny. That alone is a kind of political act. A good novel about a tea party of rich women can be just as galvanizing and important to the soul as War and Peace, so I think it's not really the job of artists to do anything. They can have their opinions as private citizens, but they must continue making their art.
Paul Auster
