The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.
Joseph Brodsky
Recitation: by Male by Female
In the seventies, a group of American artists seized the means not of production but of reproduction. They tore apart visual culture at a time of no money, no market, and no one paying attention except other artists. Vietnam and Watergate had happened; everything in America was being questioned.
Jerry Saltz
TimeCultureMoneyAmericanAmerica
Before you can do something you must first be something.
John Gielgud
YouFirstSomethingMustBefore
I can get on with all different sorts of people, and I never feel homesick, particularly, or I've never felt kind of patriotic towards any one country.
Andy Serkis
PeopleFeelI CanCountryKindGet
A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction.
Amber Tamblyn
TruthPeopleDirectionThinkAdvice
When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it.
Alva Noto
WorkI AmSpaceCreateQuestion
I have a lot of brothers. It's easy for me to do physical stuff. I had to survive. I really love it, and I'd love to do more of it. I want to do action films. I want to go and hang off of wires, and jump off of bridges, and hang on bungee cords. I've always really loved it.
Stana Katic
LoveMeSurviveActionBridgesEasy
I realised how much misdirection is in stunt co-coordinating. It's similar to magic, the tricks we use to make people think the stunt is real. I also have a lifelong fascination with gambling cheats. I'm not one, but I do have a fascination with it.
Steve Truglia
PeopleThinkGamblingMagicReal
At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan.
Tom Wolfe
ThreeSideMilesSomethingManhattan
I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.
Rita Rudner
SimpleMePersonShallowVery
I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.
Mikhail Prokhorov
ParentsYouCleverLearnedBothHad
For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'
Juan Williams
MeHypocriteKeySomeonePersonSay
Novels are a safe way to talk about things.
Jay Asher
WayTalkSafeThingsAboutNovels
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