Thomas Frank Quotes

It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber - to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1965

Topics

PowerMenDisappointmentWillMatter

The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.

Jerry Saltz

FoodMemoryThinkingKnowingSecret

I don't mind beetroot on a plate. I don't mind it with part of a dinner. But it's not my choice to drink out of a cup.

Andrew Gower

MindDinnerChoiceDrinkOutCup

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.

John Perry Barlow

IdeasYouWillIgnorantSystemMass

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

Soren Kierkegaard

WorldInterestingAdmitSheAlways

I think, for me, I've realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywhere.

Tom Holland

ResponsibilityMeThinkRole Model

That's the good thing about pop. You can do whatever you like... it's a bendable medium.

Roisin Murphy

GoodYouWhateverPopLikeAbout

I was 11 when I started Latin - not like boys, who start early at prep school. At 14, you had to choose whether to start Greek and drop German, but my mum made a fuss, and I took Latin, Greek, French, and German at O-level, which meant I didn't do much science.

Mary Beard

ScienceSchoolStartYouChoose

I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.

Martin Parr

ThinkGroupNeverAlwaysIndividual

I've spent a good deal of time in the Middle East over the years, lecturing at universities in places like Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Morocco.

Jay Parini

GoodTimeEgyptPlacesOverMiddle

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

Joseph Barbera

FailureDisappointmentThoughtLives

I wanted to show the world what Deontay Wilder is all about. I'm a heavyweight, and I'm exciting.

Deontay Wilder

WorldShowExcitingWantedAbout

I have learned that documentary makers are incredibly sneaky people.

Anna Wintour

PeopleI Have LearnedDocumentary

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