Janna Levin Quotes

Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a drum and have a very characteristic song.

Janna Levin

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SongBlackDrumAgainstBangHoles

My mother insisted that her children read.

Jimmy Buffett

MotherChildrenHerReadInsisted

I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the bills; keep artists happy; and cope with collectors (oy!), curators (ay-yi-yi), critics (woo-hoo!), and occasionally plumbers. That their fiscal life often hangs in the balance only adds to the energy.

Jerry Saltz

LifeBalanceHappyEnergyFeelYou

Country music is about new love and it's about old love.

Jeff Foxworthy

LoveMusicCountryNewCountry Music

I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.

Stephen Fry

BeautyQualityLooksKindActor

Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.

Stephen Hawking

LifeWarThoughtEarthRiskOut

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

Tom Landry

CharacterManPeopleBackDown

If you shoot with a billion cameras, then there's no perspective. You want to use one shot at a time, so it's better to discover what that is before you shoot, rather than trying to make something in the cutting room, and then it just becomes generic.

Roger Deakins

TimePerspectiveBetterTryingYou

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

Clive Anderson

GreatFamousYouTrainSuccessful

I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood.

William Shatner

BloodRockGotRollRock N Roll

Every rule should be broken at least one time.

Poppy Montgomery

TimeBrokenRuleShouldEveryLeast

James Dean has never been one of my guys. I don't want to be him. I will take boring anytime. I love boring! Are you kidding me? Matt Damon has been one of my favorites forever. He always elevates every bit of material, and then you don't hear a thing about him.

James Marsden

LoveMeYouWantBoringNever

Resistance to revelation, resistance to becoming conscious of all that dwells within us - high and low, light and dark - is the anti-change factor. It is also the mainspring of all our psychological fears.

Guy Finley

LightDarkResistanceWithinHigh

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