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James Wolcott Quotes

Popular culture no longer craves archangels and new dawns. Pop culture traffics in vampires and deads of night.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Culture Night New Pop Culture Pop

Why do we have financial crises? Why do banks lose money? If history is any guide, it hasn't often been the result of speculative bets. It has been the result of banks making loans to individuals and businesses who can't pay them back.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

History Money Financial Result Lose

Steve Jobs was a friend and mentor whom I miss more than I can say.

Friend Mentor I Can Say More Miss

I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway.

Me Worry Down Never First Division

I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.

Truth Think Human Religious He

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

Justice Social Justice First Social

'Sexy' is being independent, being confident and having fun.

Fun Having Fun Sexy Confident Being

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

Great Man Artist Tragedy Ordinary

In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you.

World You Play Will Forever Hear

You have to go by your instincts in casting.

You Go Instincts Your Casting

Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

Tyranny Wrong Dangerous Go Now May

What's so amazing in today's society is people look up to football players. And as a football player, you have a platform. And it's so much more important than any touchdown or trophy or anything you could win with football. Its taking that platform and be able to influence people.

Today Football People Amazing Win

There are a lot of ups and downs. But there are always people who have it worse.

People Ups And Downs Always Worse

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