Charles D'Ambrosio (Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr) Quotes
I'm kind of a creature of the alt-weekly universe - my real education into higher culture was acquired in coffee shops, reading those papers, digging into that lively mishmash of opinion for drift, a sense of what to see, what to hear, what to read, etc. - and I'd like to think that scene's still vital, although I understand there's been a fair amount of conglomerating, which would seem to undercut its radical roots, its funky local flavor. I'd encourage any writer with an eye for life and an ear for prose to give it a try. You can work out your chops just fine in newsprint.
Charles D'Ambrosio
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
Oscar Niemeyer
Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
Barnabe Barnes
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
Walter Savage Landor
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
Uzo Aduba
The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
Edgar Wright
Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
J. R. Martinez
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
Edgar Allan Poe
What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
Ted Demme
I'm a writer. I'm not an actress.
Tatiana de Rosnay
The Ethiopian government's use of the railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa was, in practice, a hazardous regards transport of arms intended for the Ethiopian forces.
Haile Selassie
I spend all my time trying to avoid the spotlight.
Carl Forti
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
Baruch Spinoza
This feeling of not belonging to the same sensation which grips you in a dream, you find yourself walking through an unfamiliar district. On waking you realize, little by little, that the pattern of its streets had overlaid with the one with which, in day time, you are familiar.
Patrick Modiano
Music falls on the silence like a sense, A passion that we feel, not understand.
Wallace Stevens
A fiancé is neither this nor that: he’s left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
Anton Chekhov
I think, when I was 25, nobody in the world knew who I was.
Mary Beard
In my opinion, real reform, which lowers costs and ensures all Americans get the quality, affordable health care that they deserve, cannot be accomplished without a robust public option.
Jared Polis
The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.
Colleen Atwood
'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel my job is, to interpret life.
Ethan Hawke
Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
Nan Hayworth
When I first did The Tracey Ullman Show, there were times when I could offer a solution on stage, and I could understand the writers.
Dan Castellaneta
For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.
Gabriel Campisi
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.
Graham Nash
I'm kind of a creature of the alt-weekly universe - my real education into higher culture was acquired in coffee shops, reading those papers, digging into that lively mishmash of opinion for drift, a sense of what to see, what to hear, what to read, etc. - and I'd like to think that scene's still vital, although I understand there's been a fair amount of conglomerating, which would seem to undercut its radical roots, its funky local flavor. I'd encourage any writer with an eye for life and an ear for prose to give it a try. You can work out your chops just fine in newsprint.
Charles D'Ambrosio
