Joanna Scott Quotes

Vladimir Nabokov on 'Bleak House' or Henry James on 'The House of the Seven Gables' prove that reading can be an exciting subject in itself, full of passionate encounters, contradictory judgments, striking discoveries, and unexpected reversals.

Joanna Scott

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ReadingUnexpectedHousePassionate

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

Jock Sturges

LiveAgeGrowingAnonymityGoing

During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.

John Dyer

WorkWinterChangeTimeWeather

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it's so hard for the director to really control the process, because there are more and more experts that come in.

John Frankenheimer

ControlProcessDoneNowMoreHard

At a time when this country needs a good military, the last thing we need to be doing is turning out of our military of people who served and then bringing in people who are illegally in the country.

Jeff Sessions

GoodTimePeopleDoingCountryNeed

I've got a good memory. Sometimes it's a curse. I remember what the light was like in the room the first time I heard Van Morrison's 'Moondance.'

Steve Bisley

GoodTimeLightMemoryRemember

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

Tony Goldwyn

BestYouRiseUpPlayingLevel

I guess I just do 'emasculated' and 'meek' very well.

Tony Hale

WellJustMeekGuessVery

I can probably earn more in an hour of writing or even teaching than I could save in a whole week of cooking. Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and, eventually, it undermines any sense of responsibility.

Michael Pollan

ResponsibilityIgnoranceCookingWeek

I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.

Jonathan Anderson

YearsBeenFanCollector

The secret to having an epically beloved bakery is consistency.

Christina Tosi

ConsistencySecretBakeryBeloved

Systemic racism always takes a toll, whether it be by bullet or by blood clot.

Clint Smith

RacismBloodAlwaysBulletTakes

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He just doesn't communicate well.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

LoveSonPeopleSometimesSayWell

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