Todd Solondz Quotes

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.

Todd Solondz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1959

Topics

TruthLaughterPeopleLaughYou

I started playing the piano, pretty much on my own, when I was 5, and I started writing music when I was 7. In fact, I won a composition award. It was a crummy little piece, but I won with it.

Maury Yeston

MusicWritingAwardMy OwnOwn

We have tacos and burritos and things that sound Mexican. But to me, it's about great-tasting food in an atmosphere sympathetic to the food, prepared freshly and served to the customer in a way that's customizable.

Steve Ells

FoodMeCustomerWaySoundMexican

I was in an interdisciplinary major - which was a new thing then - which was psychology, sociology, anthropology, and biology, which is really sort of the study of the human being.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

BiologyNewSociologyHumanStudy

I definitely care about what's happening in our country. I grew up in a family that was very liberal and had very strong opinions about liberal ideas. I was around those thoughts and had conversations about those things and did the best I could to absorb what was happening around me and have my own opinion about it.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

FamilyBestMeIdeasThoughtsCare

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

Martin Rees

ScienceCultureMediaMoreSigns

I think that young British designers have a kind of fearlessness in they way they approach fashion.

Monika Chiang

FashionThinkYoungKindWay

I never had a doubt that I wanted to do engineering.

Mo Ibrahim

EngineeringDoubtNeverWantedHad

My Shabbat dinner is not to be reckoned with.

Judy Gold

DinnerReckoned

You look at the fact that for millions of years species on earth have been developing and we've been knocking them off at like a hundred a day.

Jon Fishman

DayYouLookEarthYearsOff

I love games. I honestly can't imagine working with any other medium. I guess it would be akin to an artist who's doing commercial art and then goes into education, but it really frees you up to do all other kinds of creative stuff.

Brenda Brathwaite

EducationLoveArtCreativeDoing

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.

Brittany Snow

MeGrowing UpGrowingKnowThreeUp

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

William Glasser

EducationGoodGrowthHeartTeacher

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