Tom Wolfe Quotes

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.

Tom Wolfe

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TimeMenWomanManChildDestiny

I've had the good fortune to play characters that have a role-model thing to them.

Jimmy Smits

GoodPlayGood FortuneFortuneThing

I'm tenacious. I work hard. I like people that I collaborate with to work as hard as I am.

Joe Mantello

WorkI AmPeopleWork HardHardAm

Style? I have no style.

Anatoly Karpov

Style

And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with the plant in the lobby. This is what evolution tells us. And, it's true. It's kind of unbelievable.

Jeff Hawkins

BelievePlantYouEvolutionKnowUs

Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.

Alyssa Milano

BusinessTimeCultureMenMeCareer

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

Sol LeWitt

ArtQuestionArtistsOne ThingMake

Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success.

Tom Perez

SuccessRealityToolsHerHereWon

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

Michael Shannon

HappyPeopleMeNamePictureMatter

I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm all over the country, signifies the victory of good over evil and is an appropriate occasion for us to resolve to follow the high ideals in life.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

LifeGoodEvilVictoryEnthusiasm

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Josh Billings

GoodHopeAchieveJudgmentSteal

Although 'Mockingjay 2' grew $650 million at the worldwide box office, its domestic performance fell short of our expectations.

Jon Feltheimer

PerformanceExpectationsShortOffice

The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive. It's that we should lean toward greater tolerance for speech we dislike, and reserve our harshest penalties only for the worst offenders.

Bret Stephens

FreeRestToleranceSpeechMatter

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