bell hooks Quotes

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.

bell hooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1952

Topics

ArtSmall ThingsCreativePeopleYou

Watching 'Morvern Callar' was a game changer for me.

Jodie Comer

MeGameWatching

My parents' relationship with Kolkata is so strong. Growing up, the absence of Kolkata was always present in our lives.

Jhumpa Lahiri

RelationshipParentsGrowing UpUp

The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.

Jerry Pournelle

InformationImportanceProportional

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

Johann Lamont

HideWillNeverCostCannotPromise

Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game.

Matt Taibbi

WorldGameHandsYouApologyHidden

A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream.

Steve Truglia

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I'm eating healthy, I just have a crazy lifestyle.

Tori Spelling

CrazyEatingHealthyLifestyleJust

I was never really a bone fide member of the folk scene.

Roy Harper

NeverBoneMemberSceneFolkReally

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking, but you can't let them drive you completely.

Rudy Giuliani

DriveThinkingYouKnowImportant

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

Mike Tyson

CharacterMeSeePatheticSomeSort

Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too.

Lorrie Fair

GoodTimeHappyFeel GoodGameYou

The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.

Julia Leigh

SpaceMeWritingEndDoingYou

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