However judicious academics may be - not like me - they are all taught to see through crap.
Mary Beard
Recitation: by Male by Female
For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.
John Berger
DrawingArtistDiscoveryTrueJust
I wasn't brought up with any religion at all. At school and in my early 20s, I read every religious text I could get my hands on - Buddhist scriptures, Hindu texts, the Qur'an, and the Bible. I wanted to feel like something made sense to me, that there was something sacred I could feel aligned with.
Jennifer Connelly
ReligionSchoolMeBibleFeelHands
When I was a kid, I built miniatures, and that was actually the first thing I did professionally in the film industry. It was a demonstrable skill that I had, so I worked as a model maker.
John Knoll
SkillFirstKidIndustryFilmModel
When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white upper-class school in conservative Mississippi. I was often very aware of how I presented myself.
Angie Thomas
MyselfSchoolCollegeBlackWhite
Critics... They're like traffic cops. They say what they have to say, then leave, and another guy moves in ,and he has his say - and it's often just the opposite. The result is either critical acclaim or critical murder, and neither has any bearing on my music or direction.
Jeff Buckley
MusicDirectionResultTrafficSay
It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.
Tony Stewart
MistakeHardMake
Literacy is so much entwined in our lives that we often fail to realize that the act of reading is a miracle that is evolving under our fingertips.
Maryanne Wolf
ReadingRealizeMiracleActFail
They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!
Louise Jameson
GoodPathStoryLaughGardenUp
If you keep hearing the same thing over and over again from your fan base, you should pay attention to that. But that's just another bunch of loud voices in your ear. I would imagine it makes it very hard to stay in touch with your own gut. You try to think of it as just another episode, but that never works. It just isn't.
Diane English
ThinkAttentionYouTouchTryNever
I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.'
Demetri Martin
I AmWinYouWonderTurtleSaid
If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves.
Cory Booker
ChangeGreatWantNationOurselves
Chief Keef scares me. Not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents.
Lupe Fiasco
CultureMeHimChiefJustHe
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