Angela Carter Quotes

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

Angela Carter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 7, 1940 - February 16, 1992

Topics

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Obviously, you know, I am known as an action director, and being a film editor previously had been a great advantage for me as an action director.

John Glen

GreatI AmMeActionYouKnow

I played classical as a kid.

John Legend

KidPlayedClassical

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Jean de La Fontaine

SoulManAnythingFiresMadeHis

The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.

Trinny Woodall

NewIdeaChangedWordNeedsMuch

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!

Roger Corman

BusinessArtPicturesMotionCentury

The Church is the new creation, it is life and joy, it is the sacramental fellowship in which we share the ultimate purpose of God, made real for us now in our hearing the Word and sharing the Sacrament.

Rowan Williams

LifeGodPurposeJoyChurchNew

We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.

Michael N. Castle

AgeSucceedOpportunitiesYoungNeed

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Moliere

QualityPeopleKnowEverythingEver

I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really, about their material. We have to write about what comes naturally and what interests us - so I do.

Louise Erdrich

PeopleChoicesWriteUpUsAround

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

Diego Luna

CharacterRelationshipLightSimple

It's intoxicating for a man to be waited on. Combine this with very, very skillful sex, and that will get them.

Doris Lilly

ManSexWillGetVeryThem

I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

David Sylvian

ExploreLikeStudioArrangementLot

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