Ned Rorem Quotes

Art means to dare - and to have been right.

Ned Rorem

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ArtDareRightBeenMeans

We need an attitude of defiance, not an attitude of cowardice. Out in the street, that's how we are winning against the TransCanada Pipeline. This is how we have delayed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and forced it into an election season, gotten everybody to stand against it. Democracy is not about surrender.

Jill Stein

AttitudeDemocracyWinningStandOut

I think art can reflect tragedy.

John Corigliano

ArtThinkTragedyReflectI Think

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

John Jay Chapman

TruthVisionWhyOutMankindUs

I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one.

John Sherman Cooper

GoodThinkFactsWouldLikeSummary

I like short stories.

John Updike

ShortLikeStoriesShort Stories

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Sissy Spacek

LifeFallNapTakeAfternoonThrill

You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or lamenting vindictive excesses in sentencing. Hollywood, supposedly a frothing cauldron of liberalism, has always been conservative on crime.

Tom Shales

LawYouPlaceHollywoodConservative

My personal opinions on any subject are really not relevant, not important, and to the extent that I might inject them, I am acting improperly as either a District Court judge or as an appellate court judge.

Maryanne Trump Barry

I AmJudgeOpinionsActingPersonal

If a novelist had concocted a villain like Trump - a larger-than-life, over-the-top avatar of narcissism, mendacity, ignorance, prejudice, boorishness, demagoguery, and tyrannical impulses, she or he would likely be accused of extreme contrivance and implausibility.

Michiko Kakutani

IgnoranceVillainPrejudiceSheLike

I'm working for my state first.

Lisa Murkowski

FirstWorkingState

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

Johnny Winter

BluePeopleFindBluesTwo People

Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.

Chris Martin

LiveBeachMeCareShortTalking

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