Terry Teachout Quotes

Most of us remember Nat King Cole as a vocalist. His warm, grainy baritone is still so closely identified with such familiar ballads as 'Stardust' and 'The Christmas Song' that it's hard to imagine anyone else performing them.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1956

Topics

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I was surrounded by a lot of people not doing what they wanted to do.

Joe Penny

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I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size. Life there wouldn't follow the pattern of more classic castle design.

Jo Beverley

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The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.

Angela Davis

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These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

Ang Lee

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'End strength' - the total number of government employees you can have at the end of the year. That's a separate exercise and requires independent energy, independent effort with the Congress to get the ceiling of your government employees raised.

Michael Hayden

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The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.

John Turturro

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Now that I've moved to Mumbai, I should perhaps get a horse. It'll be a nice escape from my everyday life.

Amy Jackson

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I just worry about myself. I'm just gonna be me and do me. If people appreciate it, cool. If not, I'm gonna still be me.

Robbie Lawler

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I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.

Michael Parenti

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When you decide you're going to join a project, it's all about the gift you're giving the audience.

Joyce DeWitt

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It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money.

Demetrious Johnson

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I was on 'Home and Away' for about three or four months. I loved it.

Brenton Thwaites

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