Astra Taylor Quotes
I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
-
I find the business world hard.
-
Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
-
Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
-
When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
-
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
-
The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
-
I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
-
Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.
-
I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.
-
It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.
-
Collecting is my passion.
-
I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer.
-
My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
-
I got so pissed I took a little poll to see if anyone was sick of gettin' taxed as much as I am. I called 100 people one night and here's the results: everyone I polled said, 'You dumb ass, it's three o'clock in the morning!' (p. 131).
-
I never remember my parents having an argument.
-
If I were white, I could capture the world.
-
When I get bored, I get into trouble.
-
Right now I'd say my favorite fashion designer is Zac Posen.
-
I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.
-
Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.
-
I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.
-
I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).
