Janis Ian Quotes

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.

Janis Ian

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ParentsFriendsDoingMovementWell

I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative.

Andre Norton

BeginningCreativeMistakePeople

The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

FamousLateConsultantFirstOver

God made a way out of no way.

Angela Bassett

GodWayOutMade

Traveling the road can be quite tiresome.

Stephen Hough

RoadTravelingQuiteTiresome

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

Stefan Zweig

LifeLightDarknessPeaceWarFall

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.

Stephen Bayley

AestheticMeetThingsAntiquesLike

I think women have to be able to choose... sort of, the right of choice. They are the ones that have to make the decision because they're the ones that are going to decide to bring up that child or not.

Michael T. Flynn

WomenDecisionChildThinkChoose

Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful.

Dianne Reeves

LifeBeautifulWorldSadnessEssence

What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.

Johnny Flynn

FriendshipSpaceBornNobodyNice

I love the arts.

Columba Bush

LoveArtsI Love

If you're writing a thriller, and you don't make it compelling, then you've really not done your job. So it's easier for me not to set out with certain goals, and then I can't see them as unmet. It's like life generally: If I'm not aiming to be physically fit, then I'm not always thinking about being unfit.

Claire Messud

LifeGoalsJobMeWritingThinking

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Bruce Springsteen

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