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Ted Nelson Quotes

The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.

Ted Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: June 17, 1937

Topics

Money Keep Going Space Ideas You

Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was gradually displaced by French. By the eighteenth century, all the world - or at least all of Europe - aspired to be Parisian.

Michael Dirda

Learning Communication World Language

Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.'

Michael Douglas

Day Me Wait Thought Someone Camera

The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way they did it was to say, the Jews killed our hero too. And so Christians began to define themselves over against the orthodox party of the Jews as a way of surviving against the Roman onslaught.

John Shelby Spong

Hero Party Say Way Over Jewish

I'm painting the paintings that I want to see in museums. And I'm hopefully presenting them in a way that's universal enough that they become representative of something different than just a black body on a canvas.

Amy Sherald

Painting Black Enough Body Want Way

You have a song, and people know it. It's like a calling card for you.

Steve Forbert

People Song You Know Like Calling

I grew up in Somerset in southwest England.

Sonoya Mizuno

Up Southwest England Grew

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

Shimon Peres

People Look Why Nuclear Weapons

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

Rita Dove

End Play Pleasure Rap Whole Only

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

Derek Jacobi

Time People Reputation Expectations

I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

Douglas Kennedy

Serious Want Very Popular Accessible

I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.

Douglas Adams

Great Interesting Doing You Become

Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies.

Bruce Jay Friedman

Friend Be Kind Man Understanding Go