James Wolcott Quotes

Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself signifies little to nothing. Those of us who know and love ballet can only look on it with a different kind of horror.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'

Jeffrey Toobin

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People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

Michael Moore

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There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

Joshua Malina

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While it may be difficult to understand why cities and even entire states would doom themselves to insolvency by undertaking these obligations, the answer is simple: Democratic politicians, who have near-total political control of California and of America's biggest cities, support this massive transfer of wealth to public employees.

Devin Nunes

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So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.

Countee Cullen

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For whatever reason, from a young age I've always been able to shoot images and cut them together with sound in a way that was very engaging.

Colin Trevorrow

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That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

Cobi Jones

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What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.

Bruce Babbitt

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With a movie you're creating from the beginning this particular work, let's not call it work of art, because very few movies are works of art, let's just call them bits of popular culture, whatever they are, sometimes very rarely by accident a movie becomes a work of art.

Sydney Pollack

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I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors.

Todd Barry

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People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

Kendrick Lamar

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I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful.

Justine Skye

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