Alwin Nikolais Quotes
Women should set themselves forth attractively but innocently, like a cat. A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
-
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
-
I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
-
When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
-
I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
-
Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
-
While I am not saying Facebook cannot be a wonderland for marketers, I am still waiting to see the proof of it, and so should every reporter.
-
For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.
-
Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
-
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
-
What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
-
I think glamour is synonymous with me.
-
Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.
-
I never stepped foot into a Brooks Brothers before 'Mad Men.'
-
To love beauty is to see light.
-
Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
-
It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that tells you what reform measures you should follow and in what sequence.
-
Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can't look to one person - you couldn't look to me, you couldn't say, 'Because Vin's in it, it's this or that...' It's really all of us coming together for that period of time to try and make magic.
-
Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.
-
I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.
-
I accept the historical challenge, and with that, I accept the essentially Christian position that God always has more light to break out of his holy Word.
-
In 'The Purity Myth,' I not only discuss what the purity myth is and reveal its consequences for women, but also outline a new way for us to think about young women as moral actors, one that doesn't include their bodies.
-
Women should set themselves forth attractively but innocently, like a cat. A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.
