Craig Brown Quotes

What would we do without plaques to tell us who lived where and when? They introduce the past into the present, and are the quickest and most interesting way of reminding us that our streets exist above and beyond the here-and-now.

Craig Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 23, 1957

Topics

PastPresentInterestingWayBeyond

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

Matthew Perry

SilencePossibleTryRoomSoonFill

Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.

Ann Macbeth

ConfidenceWorldNewUpAnything

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Steven Seagal

LifeTimeDiversityThinkLongMore

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

Shinzo Abe

IrreplaceableAllianceWouldLike

I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents' disappointment. I attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers where Bill Esper was, and that is where I really got hooked on the art of acting, and, almost, the chemistry of acting.

Roger Bart

ArtSchoolParentsDisappointment

There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.

Michael Shanks

FeelBackNowWantChangesOver

The vast majority of the guns in the U.S. are sold to white people who live in the suburbs or the country. When we fantasize about being mugged or home invaded, what's the image of the perpetrator in our heads? Is it the freckled-face kid from down the street - or is it someone who is, if not black, at least poor?

Michael Moore

HomeLivePeopleBlackSomeoneDown

There has always been tension between reporters and the administration, particularly when it comes to war in the modern era. You can go to Kennedy or Johnson and see that they weren't happy with David Halberstam or Morley Safer.

Lowell Bergman

WarHappyYouGoAlwaysSee

At the beginning of my career, I can honestly say there were a few things I was doing wrong, and I was wondering why I was going a little bit off track.

Joseph Parker

BeginningDoingCareerI CanWrong

I don't like stuff that can only go into one set; I want stuff that can be applied across sets. It's a more real Lego building experience. And, of course, it's the same from a manufacturing point of view. I want elements that are universal; that gives me the best economics and best utilisation of the mould.

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp

BestExperienceMeEconomicsView

Tak Fujimoto and I, when we started getting enough of a budget where we could afford the right lenses - 'cause we started out doing low-budget pictures together - we started experimenting with this subjective camera thing. And we kind of fell in love with the idea of using that as our close-up.

Jonathan Demme

LoveTogetherDoingEnoughCamera

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

Susanne Bier

TeacherGreatChildParentsShape

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