James Wolcott Quotes

Like 'Twin Peaks,' '24,' 'Mad Men,' and 'The Sopranos' before it, 'Downton Abbey' enriches the iconography and collective lore of pop culture. It replenishes the stream.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CultureMenMadStreamCollective

For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.

Jim Mattis

MenPastColorsHonorMissionClean

In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11.

Sophie Hannah

PlantYouInformationChapterThree

I'm not picky. When I'm hungry, I eat.

Sidney Crosby

EatHungryPicky

I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.

Simone Biles

TrainingMistakePreparationRelax

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

Travis Kalanick

PeopleStartFierceYouBigGuy

As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care.

Mary Landrieu

EducationHealthGovernmentCity

I have a great T-shirt that I received at the New Jersey Hall of Fame when I was inducted. It says - it makes me choke up - it says, 'I'm a Jersey tomato'... I am. I am a Jersey girl and proud of it.

Judy Blume

GirlGreatI AmMeProudNew

You want to be an NXT fan.

Dolph Ziggler

YouWantFan

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

Dolly Parton

TryingNeverFashionable

Everybody's all up on the EDM bandwagon now, because it's, like, another viable conduit for traditional pop music to ride for a bit so they can get out of their little stagnant pool and make a dance hit.

Deadmau5

MusicRideDancePoolNowStagnant

I am not somebody who believes everyone is equally talented; talent remains unequally distributed.

Clay Shirky

TalentI AmEveryoneSomebodyWho

Back in '96, I was on 'The Price Is Right' pointing at refrigerators, and 'Extra,' the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!

Cindy Margolis

DayPeopleInternetPictureAmerica

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