Tony Judt Quotes

What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 2, 1948 - August 6, 2010

Topics

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It always amazes me that Japanese comics have, like, 200 pages. How do they do that? They're fat books; it's a whole different kind of comic that's very close to their films. So I'm drawing from that history and bringing it here - bringing it to Katana.

Ann Nocenti

HistoryMeFatDrawingKindAlways

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

John Tiffany

WorkTimePeopleTheatreRoadBond

Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion.

Stephen Jay Gould

ProcessEvolutionExpansionConstant

In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process.

Sidney Sheldon

ThinkingProcessClothesYouHand

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false.

Traian Basescu

PeopleShipCaptainBeliefNever

One of the kinds of things I'm consistently interested in is what the border between the seen and not seen is and the border between being able to perceive something and not perceive it.

Trevor Paglen

BorderThingsSeenBeingSomething

I don't enjoy songwriting.

Rod Stewart

EnjoySongwriting

The forefathers of the United States were children of religious bigotry and persecution, and, as a result, fled Britain to create a new approach to life and government. They valued intellect and education. In fact, they outlined the principles of the United States' democracy to establish intellectual freedom from the Church.

Mike Medavoy

LifeEducationFreedomChildrenNew

Originally in the United States, there were no laws regulating behavioral advertising. As a result, like in the Philippines, government has relied on industry self-regulation.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

GovernmentAdvertisingResultLaws

I think my first video was when I was 19. I was pretty old.

Liza Koshy

ThinkOldFirstPrettyI Think

The technology I like is the American paperback edition of 'Freedom.' I can spill water on it, and it would still work! So it's pretty good technology.

Jonathan Franzen

WorkGoodTechnologyFreedomWater

International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.

Drew Carey

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