Kingsley Amis Quotes

'You're still the same girl. What people do doesn't change their nature.'She shook her head.… 'What they do is their nature,' she said.

Kingsley Amis

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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.

Adam Mansbach
- Nature
- Space
- Proud
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

Sally Pearson
- People
- Done
- Parents
Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.

Fat Joe
- People
- Time
- Fun
People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.

Nadia Comaneci
My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

Laura Mvula
- Night
- Write
- Very
I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.

D. A. Pennebaker
- Cat
- Judging
- Performance