David Maisel Quotes

With the mining sites, I found a subject matter that carried forth my fascination with the undoing of the landscape, in terms of both its formal beauty and its environmental politics.

David Maisel

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BeautyPoliticsEnvironmentalMatter

Our intent with Led Zeppelin was not to get caught up in the singles' market, but to make albums where you could really flex your muscles - your musical intellect, if you like - and challenge yourself.

Jimmy Page

ChallengeYourselfYouUpIntellect

When I come out of the box, I don't come out of the box as racial.

Jim Brown

BoxRacialOutCome

I will not attempt to show that it would be a great evil to increase the patronage of the Executive. It is already enormously great, as every man of every party must acknowledge, if he would candidly express his sentiments.

John C. Calhoun

GreatManEvilPartyWillExecutive

The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in undeveloped countries could create thriving local economies? And, even more surprisingly, that they more reliably pay off their debts than the wealthy of the world.

Joel A. Barker

PeopleMeWorldSurpriseCreatePay

The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music.

Andy Taylor

MusicGreatPeopleInternetFind

It's tremendously expensive to make a record on the basis of writing checks.

Ry Cooder

WritingExpensiveMakeChecksRecord

A song is an emotional lightning bolt - a good one, anyway.

Mary Gauthier

GoodSongEmotionalLightningBolt

I think Latin guys are really sexy. They generally fit into that whole tall, dark, and handsome thing.

Julia Stiles

ThinkSexyHandsomeDarkTallWhole

I think that one of the things that Democrats, in particular, need to recognize is that the way we have sometimes thought about issues as just affecting a particular group of people is not necessarily right.

Jason Kander

PeopleThinkThoughtSometimesGroup

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Dean Koontz

CourageFoolLookingDesireDamnUs

I think the Mogadishu effect, if I had to define it, is we need to be more careful where we decide to commit US forces, and for what reason, and to make a clear judgment as to what we can and can't do and whether it's in our interests, or we could afford the resources that it would take to make the situation right.

Anthony Zinni

ThinkSituationMoreNeedRight

The best movies are simple.

Shia LaBeouf

BestSimpleMovies

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