Pauline Kael Quotes

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.

Pauline Kael

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatArtAppreciateMoviesTrash

I'm the longest-serving secretary of state in Illinois, but I also want to go down in history as one of the best they've ever had. I will work every day toward that.

Jesse White

WorkHistoryBestDayDownWant

It is worth noting that 'too big to fail' is not simply about size. A big institution is 'too big' when there is an expectation that government will do whatever it takes to rescue that institution from failure, thus bestowing an effective risk premium subsidy. Reforms to end 'too big to fail' must address the causes of this expectation.

Jerome Powell

FailureGovernmentEndWorthWill

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Anatole France

HistoryBooksLiesDullContain

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.

Johnny Carson

WomanYouKnowSameYearsBeen

I design a lot of things that I wear onstage, but I'm always looking for unique stuff. I like creative things, so anything I can find at a secondhand costume shop to a Helmut Lang store, it doesn't matter - just unique stuff.

Amy Lee

CreativeLookingDesignUniqueFind

Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else.

Amy Gerstler

PoetryPeopleTeachWriteSomething

Gang Starr was like the blueprint of my career.

Statik Selektah

CareerGangBlueprintLike

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

Tracy Morgan

BestChildhoodToughStoryUnique

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad.

Trevor Horn

MusicPeopleMusiciansRockReaction

The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity.

Jordan Peterson

TechnologyOpportunityFreedomGift

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

Donal Henahan

MusicLongNashvilleRealLeftFolk

Chelsea's fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!

Diego Costa

LoveMeLove MeMoreFansEven

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