Terry Teachout Quotes

The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There's a vast difference between marketing a movie and the movie itself. You try to cast as wide and broad a net as possible.

Joe Carnahan

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I was born in New Jersey but grew up mostly in Florida. My dad died when I was 8.

John Joseph Adams

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I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I dress for women and I undress for men.

Angie Dickinson

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Honestly, I'm living my fantasy. It's being with my family, preferably on a snowy afternoon with a fire going, cuddled up in blankets, playing a game.

Meredith Vieira

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Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Ambrose Bierce

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Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

Stephen Fry

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I know there are millions of people out there having just as good a time as I am.

Suki Waterhouse

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It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.

Tom Perez

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Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.

Johnny Van Zant

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Every time I'd read about the stone circles, it would describe how they worked as an astronomical observance. For example, some of the circles are oriented so that at the winter solstice, the sun will strike a standing stone.

Diana Gabaldon

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God our Heavenly Father knows us by name. Jesus Christ lives; He is the Messiah. He loves us. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real; it brings immortality to all and opens the door to eternal life.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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