Virginia Postrel Quotes

'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized for glamorizing violence, because, look - sunglasses and those long coats, and, of course, they could walk up walls and do all these kinds of things that are impossible in the real world.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

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I think 'Bat Out Of Hell' will probably last forever.

Max Weinberg

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I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

Maurice Sendak

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I don't feel like what I've done are 'accomplishments.'

Stefanie Powers

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I don't listen to the radio in the car, and I do that because I don't want to be influenced.

Tom Scholz

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Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before I stumble upon another scandal. Not only do ethics violations deteriorate the public trust, but they also disrupt and undermine legitimate debate and policy.

Mike Quigley

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My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.

Don Rickles

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I have been outspoken on my opposition to 'Obamacare,' and I don't buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency.

Doug Ducey

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I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.

Chris Wooding

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My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.

Corbin Bernsen

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After a breakup, it takes a couple weeks for the fog to settle, but it's always a period of self-priority and growth. Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.

Brittany Murphy

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The only real life is the collective life of the race; individual life has no existence except as an abstraction.

Auguste Comte

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A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind.

William Shenstone

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