Martin Filler Quotes

After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion that suitable shelter should be an act of charity.

Martin Filler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Depending on who it is, but I can't stand men who brag about themselves, and all they do all day is talk about themselves.

Joanna Krupa

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In order to grow emotionally and mentally, sometimes you have to grow physically as well. I'm just trying to grow, man, and always I just want to be the best and most confident me I can be.

Jill Scott

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When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.

John Baldessari

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The 'Evening News' is going to have a long run, both as a broadcast and as a presence online and on cellphones. It is a franchise with a very rich tradition.

Steve Capus

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I have never read a review for anything I have ever done, be it for theater or movies, just because. I am really good about that. And YouTube comments. People will hide behind that.

Skylar Astin

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A long sweater, good boots, and stretchy jeans are my fall fashion must-haves.

Sofia Richie

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The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

Rob Marshall

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We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition.

Roger Ebert

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You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.

Miranda Lambert

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The fascination for the Great Train Robbery has never diminished.

Luke Evans

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Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the film.

Jared Leto

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We are not saying that every idiot out there should own a gun - and there should be better background checks on guns. Not everybody should have the right.

Johnny Van Zant

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