Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras.
Margaret Truman
Recitation: by Male by Female
In the seventies, a group of American artists seized the means not of production but of reproduction. They tore apart visual culture at a time of no money, no market, and no one paying attention except other artists. Vietnam and Watergate had happened; everything in America was being questioned.
Jerry Saltz
TimeCultureMoneyAmericanAmerica
I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.
Jessica Sanchez
MeOpportunitiesThoughtLuckyNever
It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things.
Andy Partridge
SmallHandThingsStonesFacesPop
At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.
Steve Earle
HomeSoccerPhoneI CanThreeWant
I think I was on this very straightforward escalator - grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind of everything leads to the next thing. But at what point do you get to step back and say, 'I'd like to take a broader view of my time on this planet?'
Tom Steyer
TimeJobSchoolStepCollegeThink
I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.
Martin Short
FamilyMeHotelRoyalPretend
I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or 16. There's so much that needs to be done.
Jason Isbell
GrowSomeoneBoredomYouKnowDone
I've always really wanted to make a film on what it means to be white in a country that's getting less and less white.
Jose Antonio Vargas
WhiteCountryAlwaysFilmMeans
When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'
Dick Van Dyke
DanceJobChampionYouKnowSaid
The spookiest thing for me is when I think I see something, and then nothing is there. I always imagine I see something, or I'll catch movement out of the corner of my eye, but nothing is really there.
Chris Massoglia
MeEyeThinkNothingMovementSee
The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.
Art Rooney
MondayWinningSundayMeetingThrill
Hats are radical; only people that wear hats understand that.
Philip Treacy
PeopleHatsUnderstandWearRadical
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