Alexander Woollcott Quotes

His huff arrived and he departed in it.

Alexander Woollcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943

Topics

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History's written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth.

Jill Lepore

HistoryEarthLostFoundSaved

I was enamored of New York City intellectual life and was really into Philip Roth because I was raised by self-loathing Midwesterners who were from southern Illinois, who felt like fish out of water when they came to the East Coast when I was a kid.

Meghan Daum

LifeWaterNew YorkCityFishNew

If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.

Matthew Modine

ScienceArtSpaceGoldDirection

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

America Ferrera

PassionI AmTryingGuidedAm

A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit, simmer, you know I wanted to soak it all in - the moment was amazing.

Stefano Langone

MomentWordsAmazingYouKnowSay

There really is no ethical difference between eating a cat or a chicken, a dog or a pig.

Steve-O

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Entertainment and escapism - those are the bigger money-making films today.

Robin Wright

TodayEntertainmentBiggerEscapism

Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Russell Pearce

WorthPaperPoliticianPromise

I've been so lucky in all my jobs. I just, you know, when you hear nightmare stories of other jobs - which I'm sure are true, but I've been lucky and never experienced them.

Lucy Davis

YouKnowTrueLuckyNeverSure

Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus.

Lizz Wright

FocusArtistCooperationEmotion

If I had let myself off the hook in college, I could have enjoyed myself a lot more. Knowing that I can't have those years back, I have learned to get the most out of living in the now.

Chris Pine

MyselfCollegeBackLivingKnowing

I had breast cancer. I caught it early.

Allison Anders

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