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Michael Dirda Quotes

To my mind, 'Dear Brutus' stands halfway between Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 'Into the Woods'. Like them, it is a play about enchantment and disillusion, dreams and reality.

Michael Dirda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: 1948

Topics

Dreams Mind Night Woods Reality

A search for truth seems to me to be full of pitfalls. We all have different understandings of what truth is, and we'll each believe - or we are in danger of each believing - that our truth is the one and only absolute truth, which is why I say it's full of pitfalls.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Truth Me Believe Truth Is Search

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

Andrew Jackson

Red World Think Sword Blood Need

Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.

Robert Knepper

Great Me Person Know Guy Just

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

John Updike

Creative Better Doing Right Activity

Muslim anger has, of course, been stoked by America's war in Iraq and by Israel's brutal policies toward Palestine and Lebanon.

Amitava Kumar

Anger War America Israel Been

My son wasn't gay. No way.

Tommy Lasorda

Son Gay Way

Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly.

Robert Dallek

Winning Tools Flattery Principal He

I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.

Romola Garai

People Think Sexy Feel Body Know

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

Julia Stiles

Leadership Women Winning Milestones

If you use it intelligently, Twitter can be a form of engineered serendipity.

Jason Silva

You Serendipity Twitter Use Form

I like many different kinds of music. My favourite band is Radiohead, and I'm also a giant Jeff Buckley fan.

Christopher Masterson

Music Band Kinds Different Like Fan

Arkansas needs leaders who will stand up to anyone in Washington, from either political party, and do what's right for Arkansas and for our country.

Conner Eldridge

Stand Up Stand Political Party Will