Charles Platt Quotes

If smart technology can transform 3-D from a crude novelty to a genuine visual enhancement, why shouldn't a sophisticated odor synthesizer follow a similar path?

Charles Platt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 9, 1945

Topics

TechnologyPathSmartGenuineWhy

Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.

Jim Dine

PassionArtArtistBuiltAnother

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

John Dykstra

ThinkYouNeverEndeavorFilmJust

One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?

Matt Dillon

JobMeCompromiseYouNeverWhole

Life is all about the spirit.

John Trudell

LifeSpiritAbout

Memory has a spottiness, as if the film was sprinkled with developer instead of immersed in it.

John Updike

MemoryFilmImmersedDeveloper

If you're a woman lying on the beach in the Maldives, you might want to know that a kilometer away, another woman is being flogged. And you might want to find your own way to protest that.

Amal Clooney

BeachWomanYouFindKnowWant

I think, look, you have to be aware of the language, and you have to be aware a little bit of your own biases if you're going to overcome them.

Stan Van Gundy

ThinkLanguageYouLookOvercome

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

Tony Campolo

LifeTimeAmericaHouseWhiteAlive

I did see the Yahoo Sports story Kevin Iole wrote about how the ratings for TUF go up when there's a women's fight in the episode. I can't lie: it felt really good to see that the UFC fans - not only MMA fans but fans of the UFC who maybe hadn't seen any female fights before February of this year - look forward to watching the women fights so much.

Miesha Tate

GoodWomenSportsLieFightForward

If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.

Alison Mosshart

LifeHateMeEveryoneNormalWould

When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen.

Paul Theroux

PeopleMeDirectionThinkYouPlace

There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.

Tilda Swinton

MeRealityDoubtHumanityYouLose

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