Adam Gollner Quotes

The twentieth century prided itself on invalidating the metaphysical. Doubts about the afterlife arose even as so-called nonbelievers attempted to locate surrogates for the loss of meaning atheism occasioned. Enraptured with progress, we deepened our collective worship of science. As incredulity to metanarratives rose, so did a massive publicity campaign to convince us of the omnipotence of science.

Adam Gollner

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• I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.

  

  Paget Brewster
  • People
  • Great
  • Heart

• But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

  

  Larry Niven
  • Life
  • Art
  • My Life

• Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

  

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • Culture
  • Movies
  • Big

• People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

  

  Barbara Broccoli
  • People
  • Go
  • Extraordinary

• I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Life
  • Good
  • Me

• Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Why
  • Pretty
  • Body

• Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Important
  • You
  • Memory

• If you never give up, you'll be successful.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Never
  • Successful
  • Give Up

• I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Problems

• You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Perfect
  • Tired
  • Mood

• I force myself to outline, but not too closely, so I guess I plot by the seat of my pants? My natural instinct is to dive right in, but I know I'll get stuck. I like to stick with the architect vs. gardener metaphor. I guess I'm a gardener who plants tomatoes. I have the sticks in the ground and let the vines grow along those parameters.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Myself
  • Grow
  • Plants

• Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Important
  • High
  • Earth

• If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Up
  • Body
  • Strength

• You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Doubt

• I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Careful
  • Spending
  • Sale

• As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Long
  • Mind
  • Body

• I don't really do simple. I'm not really interested in simple at the end of the day, because nothing's ever simple, and nothing's ever perfect. People certainly aren't - I would hope, anyway, because that would be boring, wouldn't it?

  

  Kate Winslet
  • People
  • Hope
  • Perfect

• Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I will confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!

  

  Claude McKay
  • Life
  • She
  • Tiger

• I'm always trying to push the envelope and go with a different hairstyle that you're not going to see on anybody else. I have a really good grade of hair, and I can do a lot of different things with it.

  

  David Otunga
  • Good
  • Different
  • Trying

• You spend more time with your fellow band members than your girlfriend or wife, and you end up at each other's throats. It happens to all bands.

  

  Bernard Sumner Joy Division
  • Up
  • Time
  • Wife

• There won’t be any revolution in America…The people are all too clean. They spend all their time changing shirts and washing themselves. You can’t feel fierce and revolutionary in a bathroom.

  

  Eric Linklater
  • America
  • Revolution
  • Changing

• For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Music
  • Art
  • Science

• I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Help
  • Science
  • Value

• The twentieth century prided itself on invalidating the metaphysical. Doubts about the afterlife arose even as so-called nonbelievers attempted to locate surrogates for the loss of meaning atheism occasioned. Enraptured with progress, we deepened our collective worship of science. As incredulity to metanarratives rose, so did a massive publicity campaign to convince us of the omnipotence of science.

  

  Adam Gollner
  • Science
  • Atheism
  • Metaphysical