Tony Judt Quotes

No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLiveDeathBalanceWayTalk

Our galaxy's pretty ordinary, garden-variety. So if we believe our galaxy has a super massive black hole, that tells us that most, if not all, galaxies host such a black hole at their centers.

Andrea M. Ghez

BelieveBlackGalaxyPrettyUsHole

Some days you have it; some days you don't.

Max Aaron

YouDaysSome

The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn't necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I don't think the financial world has been well served by novels.

Robert Harris

WorldThinkFinancialSomethingWell

My mom is still whispering in my ear, 'Look as good as you can.' She taught me that being the best you can be in your appearance as well as your intellect was primary.

Jeanine Pirro

GoodBestMeMomYouLook

I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time.

Steven Soderbergh

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Covering a Super Bowl is actually one of the easiest things we do because our most experienced people are there. We'll have 25,000 feet of film and there's no way you're going to miss anything.

Steve Sabol

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My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

Michael Patrick King

WomenMeWritingKnowWayRoom

There are no easy answers for the balance of how you protect the core business of the books with what the digital future will look like, but that would be our job with DC Comics, to figure that out and experiment and take some risks while always protecting the core business.

Diane Nelson

FutureBusinessJobBalanceRisks

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

Christopher Columbus

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It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

Claudette Colbert

MeYouFallJumpYearsOut

The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout.

Shane Black

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'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.

Nicolas Cage

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