Martin Filler Quotes

The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative.

Martin Filler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1948

Topics

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Being part of 'Raw 1000' in the same ring with Undertaker and Kane leading an army of young hungry wrestlers was amazing.

Jinder Mahal

AmazingArmyYoungRingSameHungry

In 'Citadel,' I play a very young father. When I first signed onto 'Hunky Dory,' I was actually 18 years old.

Aneurin Barnard

FatherPlayYoungOldFirstYears

The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics and conflict, as well as the push towards - and resistance against - modernization.

Aman Mojadidi

WorkPoliticsIdentityConflictPush

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

Mickey Kaus

RideAngerVictoryWaveAmericaMay

The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.

Judith Rodin

GoodGreatProblemsGeniusWealth

The business of feeding people is the most amazing business in the world.

Jose Andres

BusinessPeopleAmazingWorldMost

Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.

Jonathan Haidt

NatureOutSocialLikeMostOur

Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'

Chris Lilley

WalkDressedUpGoingLikeAround

My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside.

Chester Bennington

PinkInsideFlavorFavorite

Women are more likely to have a ruptured uterus if they've had multiple C-sections because there's more scar tissue.

Christy Turlington

WomenMoreBecauseWomen AreTissue

There was some conflict there over Saturday nights because we were all really broke in those days- all the money you had in the world was in your pockets. Nowadays when you're say you're broke, it's not the same thing.

Arto Lindsay

MoneyConflictWorldSaturdayYou

I don't think I'm turning back the clock by doing these old tunes. I love rock and roll and popular music. It's just that the spirits of the singers whose songs I do are living within me. That's why the songs come out in the voices of the original singers. I'm not doing imitations. That's the way they sound inside me.

Tiny Tim

LoveMusicMeThinkRock And Roll

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