James Wolcott Quotes

I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1952

Topics

SnowGreatWorldWhyNeverLine

When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.

Jessica Alba

CareComedyLoseIntrospection

Don't expect liberals to weigh the costs of their sweet-sounding policies.

Tomi Lahren

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Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.

Tom Rath

PositiveWorkChangeGreatEffort

A fundamental but very challenging part of my work is moving white people from an individual understanding of racism - i.e. only some people are racist and those people are bad - to a structural understanding.

Robin DiAngelo

WorkRacismPeopleMovingBadWhite

Every life - regardless of background or gender - has equal value.

Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

LifeValueGenderEqualBackground

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.

Douglas Coupland

ChangeAnimalMovingBirdsPlace

The only thing I can do is fight. Win or lose, I'm here every damn time.

Donald Cerrone

TimeFightWinWin Or LoseLose

I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.

Christopher Miller

PracticeWishPlayWithoutPiano

I was not a big comic-book reader.

Brad Bird

BigReader

Yeah, the majority of Brit+Co users are women, but DIY? You see kids DIY, adult men geeking out hardcore with anything related to woodworking and all these cool new technologies, metalwork, leatherworking, concrete making. Everyone has a passion. I truly believe it's in our DNA literally to build things.

Brit Morin

WomenPassionMenCoolBelieveYou

I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.

Bruce Forsyth

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We should have sent the apartheid monsters to jail, not let them off with an amnesty.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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