Italo Calvino Quotes

I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.

Italo Calvino

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

Topics

HierarchyDestroyTrendContemporary

Long experience, in the United States and in other advanced economies, has demonstrated that monetary policy is most successful when decisions are rendered independent of influence by elected officials.

Jerome Powell

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The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.

Medgar Evers

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When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the best song we possibly can.

Matthew Ramsey

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Cinema is not a series of abstract ideas, but rather the phrasing of moments.

Jean-Luc Godard

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Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build a culture.

Diplo

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Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.

Dick Van Dyke

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In painting, you don't have to go through a process of opinion; it speaks directly, and either it works, or it doesn't.

Derek Walcott

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So many times, my mom would say, 'It's not too late to go law school.'

David Zabel

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We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in minutes.

David Stern

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Social satire has been around since people have been around.

David Walliams

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The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

Chuck Hagel

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I don't think there's any more synesthetic medium than film.

Todd Haynes

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