Eva Hoffman Quotes
I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.Eva Hoffman
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While the older generation is content to sit around and critique culture, that culture is moving beyond them. At some point the traditional church and all of the expressions of that church will become essentially irrelevant.
Ted Dekker -
There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
Frances O'Grady -
My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
Laura Moser -
In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
Ted Shackelford -
I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
Barbara Bush -
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
Quintilian
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
Tatiana Maslany -
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
Samantha Power -
Jackie Chan is a myth.
Jackie Chan -
You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince -
I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.
Zac Efron -
For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.
Laura Benanti
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Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
Ziggy Marley -
Every child has a right to learn in an environment that is safe.
Kate Brown -
But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.
Carine Roitfeld -
At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.
J. M. G. Le Clezio
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People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.
Kevin Spacey -
Progress has not brought about universal happiness..
Adam Gollner -
If apple is the language of the future, then art must be the core.
Elliot W. Eisner -
If you have the language gift, you can use it as a tool.
Nicola Griffith -
I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.
Eva Hoffman