Andre Leon Talley Quotes

What's that show? 'TMZ'? They stand there and say, 'I've got this on this person.' The focus on celebrities can be detrimental because people could be thinking of other things, but it's a part of the culture and it's what sells.

Andre Leon Talley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 16, 1949

Topics

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Villains are meant to be hated.

Johanna Lindsey

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Weird Al was something that kids would listen to. It's funny, super funny, smart. It's just kind of jokey. I remember hearing 'Smells Like Nirvana' before hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' That's how it really worked. I think it's just such a cool thing how he introduced us to so many cool bands. Even Queen - 'Another One Rides the Bus.'

John Gourley

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What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

Max Landis

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No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

Matt Cameron

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Since the Greek myths, the greatest stories are premised on the idea of, 'A stranger arrives.'

Riz Ahmed

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What a magical thing is the bed, and what a vulnerable, innocent creature is the sleeping human - the human who never looks more truthful or pitiful or benign; the curled-up, childlike dreaming soul who has for a few hours become an angel adrift.

Michael Leunig

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I didn't make 'Wild Bill' because I wanted to become a director; I just wanted to make 'Wild Bill.'

Dexter Fletcher

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On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

Christian Kane

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What was so brilliant about 'Girls' was that they allowed their characters to be ludicrous and selfish and faulted but didn't shy away from a deeper psychological foundation for that neuroses.

Corey Stoll

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The moral abhorrence of private prisons has been brought to our attention by courageous acts of investigative journalism, illuminating scholarship, and the work of activists who have decried the social stratification brought about by our prison systems.

Clint Smith

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When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.

Brian Eno

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I'm one of the few people I've ever met who is blessed enough to be able to love the one who got away.

Brantley Gilbert

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