Thomas Frank Quotes

Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe, is what makes certain cities flourish.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

QualityBelieveKnowFlourishSure

I often played nice guys when I was younger, and it's nice to be able to explore the darker side.

Jerome Flynn

NiceExploreSideAbleNice Guys

I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.

Jennifer Lopez

TechnologyKnowKindHelpfulStuff

I always work in a room where there's no Internet to keep from being distracted so easily.

Jeffrey Eugenides

WorkInternetAlwaysRoomWhere

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away.

Stewart Brand

NatureGodStartDoingYouRight

I don't like sports. I'm not interested in sports. I hate sports.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SportsHateNot InterestedInterested

Here's the most mysterious thing to me. I look back at those first plays I did and the first movies I did, and I only have one question, which is, 'What was I so confident about? Where did I get that?

Mike Nichols

MeConfidentLookBackMoviesFirst

It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.

Mike McCready

FocusDesignYouPicturesFocused

The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out.

Michael Shermer

GroupTrueReasonOutIndividual

I would never say, 'Ooh, let's do something really dark.'

Julia Davis

DarkSayNeverSomethingWouldOoh

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

Douglas Sirk

BeautyArtPoliticsYouFrozenIdea

Without women's equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.

Winnie Byanyima

WomenPowerPeaceEqualityProcess

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.

William J. Clinton

HopeInterestingSayThey SayMine

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