Manny Farber Quotes

'The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart).

Manny Farber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1917 - August 18, 2008

Topics

WomenMenSleepGoHollywoodBig

I used all that doubt as fuel for my own music, fuel for my drive to succeed.

Jody Watley

MusicSucceedDriveDoubtMy Own

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.

Jen Lancaster

LightMyselfHumorBestPresent

Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of possibly still managing whatever it is I'm supposed to do. I think, secretly, I might even get a buzz out of it. Maybe I crave the adrenalin like some sort of crazy gambler high on risking everything on the turn of a card.

Steven Hall

CrazyThinkEdgeSometimesOutHigh

Jewish comedy doesn't come out of nothing. Jewish music doesn't come out of nothing... I don't want to be part of a story where Jews are just victims or bullies - and I'm not saying that's what the Israelis are.

Simon Schama

MusicSayingStoryComedyWantOut

We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy.

Tom Cotton

PlayCongressPresidentClearlyRole

I usually just try to do whatever's on the page because I've done research before - including a lot of analysis - but you end up with conflicting data. To me, the script is king.

Michael Pena

KingMeResearchEndDataYou

When I was in middle school, I always did well in school, but teachers either loved me or absolutely hated me.

Miles Teller

SchoolMeLovedTeachersMiddle

Live experiences are more than fundamental - they're transformative.

Julia Hartz

LiveMoreExperiencesThan

The first big long-form work I did in comics was 'Scalped' for Vertigo, which ran for 60 issues.

Jason Aaron

WorkFirstBigIssuesComicsDid

I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens.

Joseph Hume

I AmAdmitFairProtectionPeculiar

A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert.

Denis Kearney

MenMountainDesertFindPlacePoor

For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys.

David Thewlis

TimePeopleSayHillYearsUp

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