Michiko Kakutani Quotes

One of the things I wanted to do in 'The Death of Truth' was explore some of the larger social and political dynamics that fueled the rise of Trump and brought America to the point where a third of the country will casually shrug off hard facts about everything from the size of inaugural crowds to the crime rate among immigrants.

Michiko Kakutani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1955

Topics

TruthDeathFactsPoliticalAmerica

It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine.

Jennie Finch

YourselfSeeMachineEmpowering

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveMusicTimeHappyChildPeople

There are so many traps, so many ways of getting screwed in this business.

Max Martin

BusinessScrewedManyWaysGetting

If the church adopts a school, and the school has kids, and the kids have parents, well, then you've reconnected the hub of a community, because you've brought together its three most fundamental institutions - church, schools, and family.

Tony Evans

FamilyCommunityTogetherSchoolYou

I'll bet you a six-pack of Coors that pretty soon, people will be discovering Cretaceous parasites inside Cretaceous bones. The possibility of looking into epidemiology and pathology is pretty cool.

Robert T. Bakker

PeopleCoolLookingYouWillInside

There's nothing wrong with being an innovator, but how do you innovate? Are you just destroying the place, or are you protecting the place?

Rohan Marley

YouWrongPlaceNothingBeingJust

If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in.

Mickey Drexler

TodayTrainingAmericaYouPerson

Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.'

Jay-Z

PowerTimePoliticsSupportPeople

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.

Jason Isbell

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What I do when I act and direct is I do a small version, go a little bigger, do a medium one, an over-the-top one, and then even bigger than that. I'll do six readings of the line. And they're not all the same. Just so I know if I was wrong about what I should have done, I luckily have this more subtle version.

Jay Chandrasekhar

SmallWrongGoKnowDoneLine

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

Diane Watson

WillMinorityRightsAgainstBeen

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

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