George Henry Lewes Quotes

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

George Henry Lewes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 18, 1817 - November 30, 1878

Topics

ArtSucceedViewLiteratureTrue

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.

Joe Slovo

CapitalismPersonAfricaDifficult

I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be.

Anna Kendrick

MarriageHateTogetherBrokenPeople

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.

Roh Moo-hyun

FutureTodayProudRememberUsJust

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.

Lucretius

VictoryHeavenLevelUsPuts

Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression.

Louise Bourgeois

WorkI AmMeNeedRightMarket

You've got to think of fun stories, and if the fun story happened to have a lesson, that's a great thing. If you build a movie around a lesson, you're in real trouble.

Jason Blum

GreatFunStoryThinkYouLesson

I'm an actor doing a job, but I'm also living a life.

Jason Clarke

LifeJobDoingLivingActorAlso

I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

Denise Van Outen

TrainingSchoolMeHolidaysFeel

As I traveled around the country on a book tour for 'In Harm's Way,' I began learning how certain Indianapolis survivors had heard these voices - not necessarily the voice of God, but often that of someone who had fostered them and imparted an identity as a person who doesn't quit.

Doug Stanton

LearningGodIdentityBookVoice

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

Chris Cooper

LifeWorkCharacterMemoriesIdeas

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.

Chuck Palahniuk

CharacterAloneBoringWhereMost

Once you realize that everything happens for a reason, attitudes towards matters such as illnesses, or lawsuits, for example, change.

Shari Arison

ChangeYouMattersReasonEverything

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