David Levering Lewis Quotes

A preoccupation with theory has been a defensive response by academic biographers in this country, I submit, to the condescension of traditional humanists and social scientists pervading higher education for many years.

David Levering Lewis

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Whenever we're having a great time, we're already anticipating the day when we will remember this great time. Many of us live in that unreal area between the past, the present, and the future.

Andre Aciman

FutureLiveGreatTimeDayPast

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Matthew Macfadyen

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The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism.

Simon Schama

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Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Rosalind Russell

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To compare players at different stages in their career shouldn't happen.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

CareerHappenPlayersDifferent

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

Michelle Obama

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Big ups to him, big ups to Future. I actually like Future's music. I like his music, you feel me. I'm not a hater or a critic on him, you know, I do me. God bless him, God bless me.

Desiigner

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People come up to me and tell me how they were in a dark place and our music helped them out. It's mind-blowing. It's not just 'Rock Lobster' or 'Love Shack' - there's much more there.

Cindy Wilson

LoveMusicPeopleMeDarkPlace

We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.

Bob Graham

ThinkEvidenceStorageProduction

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

Alonzo Mourning

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It is very difficult to score goals in Italy.

Paulo Dybala

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I am always coming up with architectural metaphors when I think about writing. But I think one of the things that draw us to literature is that it gives us this very attractive illusion that there is meaning in the world - things connect.

Nicole Krauss

I AmWritingWorldThinkMeaningUp

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