Ann Makosinski Quotes
I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love so many styles of music.
-
You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
-
One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
-
Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
-
Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
-
Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
-
My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
-
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
-
For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
-
The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
-
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
-
The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
-
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
-
There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
-
Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian? If we lose sight of this, the idea of Europe could become a minority interest in its own continent.
-
The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
-
I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
-
My belief is that 'heaven' and 'hell' are metaphorical terms for what you make of your life. In any instant, you have the ability to make your life total pleasure or total hell.
-
I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
-
I balance family and career by doing what makes me the happiest! That for me, without question, is putting my family and kids first.
-
I try to leave out the parts readers skip.
-
Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was 'Bent,' which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' with Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.
-
I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields.
