Isobelle Carmody Quotes

The best fantasy does not offer an answer to our lives, it is an offering that acknowledges enough of the truth to resonate and add to the understanding about the human condition.

Isobelle Carmody

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TruthBestUnderstandingEnough

You can't write about fantasy without being ridiculous.

John Banville

YouRidiculousFantasyWriteWithout

Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business.

John Moody

BusinessSeriousRailroadRunFirst

I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.

Robert Smithson

ArtDayI AmRepresentationExist

I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Adrenaline makes me change.

Jean-Marc Vallee

ChangeMeAdrenalineMakesHydeMr

My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.

Michael Cerveris

FatherTimeFirst TimeFirstKid

I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could.

Mike Posner

HappyBe HappySeeWithoutOut

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

Lisa Unger

BeautifulMagicalWriterTruman

Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark.

Dominic Holland

CultureYouthApathyPrettyStark

Things go wrong for me all the time with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old-school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.

Johnny Depp

TechnologyTimeMeBrainStupid

Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.

Diego Costa

MeBabyDoneCryKickStuff

In virtual reality, we're placing the viewer inside a moment or a story... made possible by sound and visual technology that's actually tricking the brain into believing it's somewhere else.

Chris Milk

TechnologyMomentBrainStorySound

I think a lot of comedians make the best dramatic actresses because they have a facility. They're very vulnerable. They're very open, like clowns.

Colman Domingo

BestThinkOpenDramaticComedians

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