Clifton Fadiman Quotes
Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphoristClifton Fadiman
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It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson -
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
P. J. O'Rourke -
We must defend what we have achieved so far.
Viktor Orban -
One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
Sam Kean -
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
H. L. Mencken
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
Waylon Jennings -
A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.
Yuna -
I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
Walid Jumblatt -
Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
Utada Hikaru -
Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
Vida Blue -
At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
Danica Patrick
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When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want to know why some things worked and why others did not. My interest took me to culinary school.
Carla Hall -
I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
Yelawolf -
I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
Eddie Marsan -
One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.
Gautam Adani -
I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'
Naomie Harris -
Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.
Karen Finerman
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Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.
William Watson -
To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.
Eric Stoltz -
It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven.
Daniel Barenboim -
I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.
Xavier Dolan -
Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphorist
Clifton Fadiman