Richard Corliss Quotes

Nixon, with his mellifluous baritone, was a great politician for radio but creepy on TV.

Richard Corliss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1944 - April 23, 2015

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GreatRadioPoliticianTVHisNixon

I didn't have any sophistication. I didn't really have any great taste or anything like that. I was just a kid from Brooklyn. But what I learnt is the why, the how. The work ethic.

Jimmy Iovine

WorkGreatWork EthicBrooklynWhy

Normal people have sex lives of their own to worry about.

Jessica Cutler

PeopleWorrySexNormalOwnAbout

I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

WorkCharacterOpportunityMyself

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

Maynard Ferguson

ChangeMusicJazzAlwaysWonderful

The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes.

John Prendergast

IgnorancePeopleActionRoadStop

Every project is a new challenge for an actor. If it's not, it's boring.

Stephanie Sigman

ChallengeNewBoringActorProject

I inspire myself.

Tommy Wiseau

MyselfInspire

It's hard for people who come from traditional homes to take women seriously. I do it myself. We're just not used to seeing women professionals. Women have to go out of their way to prove themselves.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WomenMyselfPeopleSeeingSeriously

It is hard to separate the art from the artist.

Juice Wrld

ArtArtistHardSeparate

There is no such thing as pure art. It's a bourgeois conceit.

Christoph Waltz

ArtPureConceitThingBourgeois

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

Claire McCaskill

ProgressYouOrderWillingOffend

If I didn't teach the aerobics class, I wouldn't come, and I need to stay in shape. I've got a whole wardrobe of sleeveless dresses and strapless gowns, not to mention the short skirts.

Bonnie Bassler

ShortTeachClassDressesNeedStay

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