Nathan Englander Quotes

It's so easy to call something a Jewish story or a gay story or a woman's story. Aesthetically, if a story is not universal, it has failed. Your obligation is to the story. One rule creatively, and emotionally, is its universality.

Nathan Englander

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WomanStoryEasyGayJewishRule

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students' repertoire rather than teaching them out of what's thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open.

John McWhorter

GoodMistakesHabitBlackThought

A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do.

Michael Chiklis

BrickActorBricksLayerLays

There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of sex, you know, in art. There's a lot of naked women and men, and there's intrigue, there's fakery. It's a real microcosm of the larger world.

Steve Martin

WomenArtMenPeopleWorldThought

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.

Tony Abbott

WorkPeoplePoliticalDoingFollow

I wanted to write about the Trump era, but I didn't want to write, 'Fascism sucks' or 'Trump sucks.' That doesn't get you anywhere.

Tom King

YouWantWriteFascismGetEra

If you are going to try and hide something, sooner or later people are going to find out.

Lou Ferrigno

PeopleYouHideFindTryOut

I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to - not me, particularly, but the films as a whole were appreciated.

Julia Roberts

PeopleMeMoviesLuckyAppreciated

I feel really honored to be part of The #seetherealme campaign. It's really amazing, as it helps many teen girls who are struggling. It helps them to find themselves and be true to who they are.

Jazz Jennings

TeenAmazingFeelBe TrueFindTrue

Most teams are naturally flat; they have fewer members than a large enterprise, which allows for intimacy and trust to form. This makes collaborative problem solving in individual teams more straightforward.

Chris Fussell

TrustProblemIntimacyMoreMost

I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.

Chris Jordan

ArtistNowKindDigitalPhotographer

I'm not sure I'm quite ready to have someone be a prospector of jobs for me, because I believe there's some kind of destiny involved with meeting people... some things are just meant to happen.

Audrey Tautou

PeopleMeDestinyBelieveSomeone

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again.

Alice Ripley

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