Literature is higher than politics, if not actually above politics.
Gao Xingjian
Recitation: by Male by Female
Selfish, arrogant people drive me crazy.
Joanna Krupa
PeopleMeCrazyDriveSelfish
You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
Joe Biden
FriendshipReachYouCountryHand
It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.
Robert Quine
WolfYouBluesUnderstandEmotional
In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications must remain in the dark. An invented figure like Anna Karenina or Emma Bovary emerges fully into the light of understanding, which brings with it identification, sympathy and pity.
John Updike
LightPeopleSympathyUnderstanding
When you do something moral and upright and wander off by yourself, well, everyone doesn't always follow you, do they, right? You pat yourself on your sanctimonious back but it doesn't mean the crowd rewards you for doing what you think is right.
Amity Shlaes
YourselfThinkDoingYouWander
The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten, he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun.
Steve Sabol
SeaFunHatWeatherWindSong
I realize I lack popular recognition.
Michel Temer
RecognitionRealizePopularLack
One says also, it is one of the most faithful men in Hollywood, and makes again more interesting it equal.
Michelle Hunziker
MenInterestingHollywoodMoreEqual
Few parents are aware of the difficulties that beset the minds of the little philosophers and theologians who sit upon their knees or play at their feet; and many a parent could not comprehend the disturbance, if he were aware of it.
Lucy Larcom
ParentsFeetParentPlayMindsSit
Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films.
Jason Bateman
SmallYouCareerActingEqualBig
One often makes music to supplement one's world.
Brian Eno
MusicWorldSupplementOftenMakes
There are things that neuroscience is useful for in terms of understanding behavior, but there are also things it is not all that useful for, like understanding the nuances of our reactions to poetry.
Alissa Quart
PoetryBehaviorUnderstandingThings
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