Clifton Fadiman Quotes

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.

Clifton Fadiman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 15, 1904 - June 20, 1999

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One of the difficult things, especially about blogging, is that you put all of your personal out there, into the political. And what's been difficult, for me at least, is trying to keep some of the personal for myself.

Jessica Valenti

MyselfMePoliticalTryingYouOut

I want to be able to look back and say that I stood where I was supposed to stand. I fought where I was supposed to fight, in the ring and out of the ring.

Andre Ward

FightStandLookBackSayWant

It turns out that social networks drive a heck of a lot of traffic to blogs.

Matt Mullenweg

DriveTrafficOutSocialNetworks

Biblical counselors and therapists, we've seen cases in New Jersey and in California where folks have gotten in trouble because they gave biblical counseling and, you know, the issue is always, it's same sex. And if you're giving conversion therapy, that's been outlawed in at least two states and then in some local areas.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

GivingYouSexTroubleNewKnow

I think that David Lynch, he lives in a zone, and he expresses that zone to us with everything he does.

Michael J. Anderson

ThinkEverythingUsHeI ThinkZone

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

Tom Stoppard

WorkArtBetterYouEmotionsPlay

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

Michael Johnson

TrainingGoalDifferenceComplete

After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to go and buy masses of blankets and baby milk or to go into Darfur or Congo. That would have been very nice actually, but it's just like an aspirin: it doesn't deal with the problem.

Mo Ibrahim

MoneyBabyChoicesProblemBackGo

I think the thinking is, in the comic books, I should pack as much onto a page as possible, because, you know, it's kind of the cheaper format, and you want to give readers as much as you can for their dollar.

Chester Brown

ThinkThinkingYouKnowPossible

I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.

Clint Black

DayMediaArtistPerfectThreeLeft

Each individual garment has its own customizations based on a collaboration between us and the designer. We say what we think our woman wants, and they say, 'This is what we think we can do with our production.'

Aslaug Magnusdottir

WomanCollaborationThinkSayOwn

There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city.

Sebastian Coe

CityProblemsStoneWillLondonOut

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