Hendrik Willem Van Loon Quotes

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1882 - March 11, 1944

Topics

ArtWorldBetterStock MarketArts

That's the whole point of playing basketball - having fun.

Joel Embiid

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Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just.

John Drinkwater

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This is what Steve Jobs understood: Brands are defined not by the best thing on the product but by the worst thing.

Robert Scoble

BestProductWorstUnderstoodThing

I guess as you get older you sort of see the mechanics, even with the best comedians. There's admiration for people I admire, but it's not guttural laughter. It's a wry 'Oh, well done, sir.' But I sort of miss that slightly; I miss the raw joy of comedy I used to get.

Stephen Merchant

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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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When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.

Bonnie McKee

PrayerMindMeThinkKindFirst

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.

Antony Starr

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I think there's something funny about people who laugh in the face of convention or surprise us morally.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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Early on, when I wrote 'Little Man Tate,' I got pigeonholed. Somebody said to me, 'You're not very dark,' and I had trouble getting certain kinds of jobs... and I learned very early that I didn't want to get pigeonholed as anything. And my next script was 'Dead Again.'

Scott Frank

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You have to be focused all the time.

Shanice Williams

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I'd always been interested in psychology.

Morrie Schwartz

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For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest.

James McCartney

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