Life and death have been lacking in my life.
Jorge Luis Borges
Recitation: by Male by Female
The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true.
Jill Abramson
WomenTrueTasteBringDifferent
My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with the boys.' I said, 'Mr. Finch, my voice isn't soprano. I can't sing up there with the girls.' So I just got out of the choir.
Mavis Staples
TeacherMeSingingVoiceYouSaid
The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics and conflict, as well as the push towards - and resistance against - modernization.
Aman Mojadidi
WorkPoliticsIdentityConflictPush
If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what life is like from other points of view and are less likely to demonize them or dehumanize others and more likely to empathize with them.
Steven Pinker
LifePeopleViewLiteratureYouSee
I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.
Roberto Benigni
LifeBeautifulMoneySmallMore
This administration will have no tolerance for the type of brazen disregard that Planned Parenthood has shown for both the safety of women and the rule of law.
Matt Bevin
WomenSafetyLawToleranceWill
I did want to play a superhero. I mean, who doesn't when you're a kid? I would have loved to be a superhero. But as I'd gotten older, I wasn't ready to jump into tights and put the cape on. I was hoping to play something a little more grounded and realistic.
Mike Colter
LovedYouReadyPlayJumpWant
Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of the arm, you can see the shape of the face and the face starts to gather character. You have to find it.
Jason Reitman
CharacterStartFaceFindingYou
I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important.
Jason Williams
OpportunityThinkWorryYearKid
I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987.
Bonnie Tyler
AmericaBigHitRecordSinceHad
You don't realise it, but we're in a race between technology and politics, and technologists are winning. They're way ahead.
Antonio Garcia Martinez
TechnologyPoliticsWinningYouWay
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
William Makepeace Thackeray
New Year'sDinnerEatingTalking
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jorge Luis Borges