Stephen Greenblatt Quotes

But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we start with pleasure and interest, but maybe eventually it gets to meaning and truth.

Stephen Greenblatt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 7, 1943

Topics

TruthStartMeaningKnowPleasure

I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.

Jenny Slate

MyselfPurposeBecauseAccidental

I have so many friends who just have big dreams, and they work their butts off every day to try to make these things happen, and so long as we keep that mindset and remember others, I think we'll be good.

Jennette McCurdy

WorkGoodDreamsDayThinkMindset

For writers: don't hold back. Be weird. Be sentimental. Be melodramatic. Take the risk of being not-cool, not-hip.

Andrew Sean Greer

WeirdBackRiskSentimentalHold

I became a fashion designer by accident. I loved to make portrait drawings when I was a teenager, and from that came the interest in what people were wearing and why they were wearing it.

Ann Demeulemeester

PeopleFashionLovedPortraitWhy

In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through birth and on to maturity-just like inflating a balloon.

John Tyler Bonner

DevelopmentBirthHumanBalloon

I felt that if the public found out that a black man made a fool of David Duke, his attempts at a political career would have fallen by wayside.

Ron Stallworth

FoolManBlackPoliticalCareerOut

From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour.

Julia Margaret Cameron

MomentLensFirstTenderHandled

I come from one of the great coaches - Matt Hume, Brad Kertson - and my skill set is well-rounded.

Demetrious Johnson

GreatSkillComeWell-RoundedSet

We all wish we could find and embrace our voice, our strength.

Ciara Renee

StrengthVoiceWishFindEmbrace

The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses.

Bobby Seale

CollegeBlackPartyYoungGangOut

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.

William Whipple

OpinionPresentEarlyNavyExpect

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

Sharon Salzberg

PracticeThinkEnvironmentPowerful

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