Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
Vladimir Nabokov
Recitation: by Male by Female
I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.
Maxine Peake
MeClassSeeCountBeingAgainst
Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print.
John Sexton
LoveBlack And WhiteQualityMe
There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience.
Simon Pegg
AloneAmericanYouAudienceHigh
Monetary policy should never have been expected to shift economies to a sustainably higher growth trajectory by itself.
Michael Spence
GrowthNeverPolicyShiftBeen
A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.
Lobsang Tenzin
CompassionEqualityMindLiving
Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves.
Jaron Lanier
ExperienceProgressPeopleEdgeKnow
India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
TruthCulturePrideIndiaTheme
I'm happy in L.A., but I will live wherever my kids are, and I don't really mind where it is.
Chris Martin
LiveHappyMindWillWhereverKids
I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors.
Bobby Kotick
GreatMentorsLuckyBecauseBeen
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
Arlen Specter
PartyRepublicanWouldKnewPackage
I guess the reason that I'm a horror fan is that I think it gives people the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being scared in a safe environment. I think that's why, for all of human history, we've been telling each other scary stories: because it exorcises something that we need to exorcise in a safe place.
Annie Parisse
OpportunityHistoryPeopleThinkWhy
Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
Wole Soyinka
WorkVisionArtI AmLiteratureOwn
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