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Pauline Kael Quotes

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: June 19, 1919 - September 3, 2001

Topics

Down Him Signs Reverence Superior

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age Science Credit Never Always Due

In entertainment, if you have a message in a film, no one wants to be spoon-fed the message. No one wants to be told how to feel. At least, I don't.

Jermaine Fowler

Feel You Entertainment Film Message

I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director.

Hybrid Fond Particularly

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

Good Best Conflict Bad Worst

When it comes to granting unconditional birthright citizenship, the United States and Canada are alone in the industrialized world: North American exceptionalism, you can call it.

Anand Giridharadas

Alone World American Citizenship You

The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.

People Influence You Your Around

I think that our weakness is understanding that when we go to war, we go to war to win.

Michael T. Flynn

War Win Think Weakness Understanding

Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental.

Michael Mandelbaum

Value City World Buildings Monuments

After a game, I really just relax with the family.

Family Relax Game Just Really After

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.

Movies Never Always Working Stuff

I'm not going to back down from my controversial positions. If I were to do that, my base would be gone. And so my strategy is just, continue to speak the truth, even if it is controversial.

Truth Speak Strategy Back Down Gone

I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed.

Someone Body Bed Sitting Sleeping

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