Rebecca Solnit Quotes

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1961

Topics

PoliticsJoyFaceYouActActivism

In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.

Jesse Eisenberg

DoingLongMatterConsistentPlot

I was a senior in high school, and my mom saw on the news at work that they were having an open call in New York, and she thought it's for a musical, and maybe we should go and just sort of chalk it up to a new experience... And so, we did. We went.

Meghann Fahy

WorkExperienceSchoolNew YorkMom

If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent!

Tom Hanks

DayHellYouEvery DayQuitLiving

It's the South that maintains the idea that they're different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares.

Josh Lucas

InterestingNobodyBecauseDifferent

Iberico de Bellota is best when cooked medium rare with a nice, pink center to allow the delicious acorn-infused flavor to come through.

Jose Andres

BestPinkNiceThroughRareCenter

This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.

Johnny Van Zant

TimeThinkAmericaPlaceSayWant

We are all big Motown fans.

Coy Bowles

FansBigMotown

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

Sheldon Adelson

OutGoingFigured

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

Thomas Huxley

ManWiseWise ManTrueWillAsk

When I was 4, my dad let me 'help' him back out of the driveway, but I'm amazing at driving golf carts.

Mark Indelicato

AmazingMeGolfDrivingHelpBack

I'm trying to get at something a little transcendent between humans. But at the same time, there's all that baggage: What's beautiful about humans is what's balanced by what's kind of ugly and petty and depressing.

Lynn Coady

BeautifulTimeUglyTryingKind

Not only does Annette Bening have a really lovely, deep voice, but she's also a great articulator. I think I'm more of a mumbler.

Lisa Cholodenko

GreatVoiceDeepThinkMoreShe

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