Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott (A. O. Scott) Quotes
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a remarkable ability to withstand and absorb those changes, and to prove wrong the prophecies of their demise.Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I'm just someone who marvels at God.
Vera Farmiga -
History is a race between education and catastrophe.
H. G. Wells -
Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
Wendy Kopp -
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
Vance Havner -
I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
Mandy Moore -
You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
L'Wren Scott -
Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
Carly Patterson -
Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
Zooey Deschanel -
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Olivia Newton-John -
When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
T. D. Jakes
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
Ed Weeks -
When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
Madchen Amick -
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
Beatrice Webb -
If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.
Randall Terry -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
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
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
Candice Patton -
It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.
Charles James Fox -
What I hear every day on talk radio is America's lack of education - and I don't mean lack of college degrees. I mean lack of the basic art of democracy, the ability to seek the great truths that can come only by synthesizing the small truths possessed by each of us.
Donella Meadows -
Remember that an answer to a difficulty resides at a higher level than our usual thinking, so seek this loftier level.
Vernon Howard -
The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.
Patrick deWitt -
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a remarkable ability to withstand and absorb those changes, and to prove wrong the prophecies of their demise.
Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott