E. L. Doctorow Quotes

It proposed that human beings, by the act of making witness, warranted times and places for their existence other than the time and place they were living through.

E. L. Doctorow

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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.

Kate Fleetwood
- Music
- Like
- Dance
Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.

Ian Hacking
- Past
- Person
- New
Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.

Camille Paglia
- Right
- Duty
- Romanticism
The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.

Nathan Myhrvold
- Time
- Powerful
- Computers
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Think
- Find
- Down
Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- Great
- Give
- Floyd