Whit Stillman Quotes

I think my favorite two words are 'true blue.' I think those words are really important, and the spirit of them has been lost.

Whit Stillman

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WordsBlueThinkLostTrueSpirit

The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one.

Andre Geim

KnowledgeGenerationConsequencesNew

Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying.

Michael Cimino

BeautifulDetailsAttentionBecome

I changed my name when we became aware of the African revolution and the whole question of our African roots.

Amiri Baraka

RootsRevolutionNameQuestionAware

The limbic system explodes during puberty, but the prefrontal cortex keeps maturing for another 10 years.

Robin Marantz Henig

YearsSystemPubertyAnotherKeeps

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.

Ron Fournier

VictoryCongressPresidentFirstTwo

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.

Rupert Everett

ThinkTryAdventurousEverything

I'm quite tactile, so I like fabrics that feel good. I try to avoid fabrics that crease - especially with my son. When you have a child, that's important. A great pair of a jeans, a t-shirt and some loafers, that's what I always wear.

Miranda Kerr

GoodSonGreatChildFeel GoodYou

And I've always loved commercials. I like working out how to organically weave a brand's message into the writing process. It's like an improv show, where comics ask the audience to throw out a word and a skit is built around it.

Jason Bateman

WritingBrandProcessLovedAskOut

Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

Jonathan Anderson

AmazingYouBackGoSkillWood

I loved being in my sister's room. I really admired her and wore her clothes to play in, played with her dolls, played with her makeup. She had a mirror with settings to see what you would look like in different lighting. I thought that was amazing.

Chelsea Manning

MirrorAmazingSisterMakeupThought

If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland Security.'

Timothy Noah

GovernmentSecurityNeedDefense

There are two languages that I love: Farsi and Panjabi. Because the depth of Sufi thought in these two languages cannot be found in any other language.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

LoveThoughtLanguageTwoDepth

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