Tony Judt Quotes

I was born in 1948, so I'm a '60s kid, and in the '60s everyone talked all the time, endlessly, about socialism versus capitalism, about political choices, ideology, Marxism, revolution, 'the system' and so on.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeSocialismCapitalismChoices

Whenever I hear my playing, I can't detach from my influences: there's my Jeff Beck, there's the Clapton bit, the Eric Johnson bit, the Birelli Lagrene bit, the Billy Gibbons.

Joe Bonamassa

PlayingInfluencesHearJeff Beck

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.

Jenny Eclair

MyselfMeFeelProblemHeightsTop

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats

FailGreatestWouldThanSooner

Sometimes it does me good to look back at the days when the living wasn't so good. I remember in 1945 the dressing-rooms were gone, the park was in ruins, no stand, nothing.

Matt Busby

GoodMeStandRememberLookBack

Immigrants are more fertile.

Jeb Bush

ImmigrantsMoreFertile

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

Tony Benn

AgeOld AgePeopleAppreciateOld

I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted.

Rob Lowe

LifeWantVoteTaken For Granted

I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.

Mira Nair

HopeTimePeopleThinkReachYou

You finish a film not in the editing, but in the conversations that audiences have with themselves - and in that sense, every viewer is making a slightly different film. And that's wonderful.

Joshua Oppenheimer

YouEditingFinishWonderfulFilm

Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.

Jasmila Zbanic

MusicArtMeBodyWantImage

I really love live performing!

Clay Aiken

LoveLivePerformingReally

I've got lots of great friends in show business, and that's all they are. Great friends. I'll never marry again - what's the point? I had the best. I've got friends all over the world, and that's enough for me.

Cilla Black

BusinessGreatBestMeWorldEnough

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