Siemionow Quotes & Sayings

Helped the boy-governor eat the remains of the fruit, they discussed how it was that newspapers sometimes knew all sorts of secrets that they ought not to have known - and certainly ought not to publish, when the rest of the time they had no interest in facts at all. "Whatever sounds as if it might suit the prejudices of the reader, that is what will be published," said Chase. — Gore Vidal

Their analysis clearly revealed the existence of a color line that effectively blocked black occupational, residential, and social mobility. They demonstrated that any assumption about urban blacks duplicating the immigrant experience had to confront the issue of race. — William Julius Wilson

Haiku are meant to evoke an emotional response from the reader ... to light the spark that triggers creative rumination ... They act as literary manifestations ... visions of nature's seasonal modulations ... They're emotionally tinged words, barely perceptible sensory flickers ... literary etchings of lucid visions transposed into the minds of its readers ... They're meant to act as sensory catalysts ... like the passing of a penciled baton laid out upon a piece of paper that a reader might grasp for in their mind's eye ... all of which prompts the reader to continue exploring the sensory experience elicited from the writers pen ... This is how the literary sketching of poets are intended to function ... as creative muses with which readers can draw from and viscerally apply to their own artistic idioms ... from that lucid space within their heads ... where their minds eye can spark their own creative visions"

Bukusai Ashagawa — Bukusai Ashagawa

Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worthy of preserving as a sixteenth-century building. — Carlo Petrini

I like rap music. But bragging about being rich to poor people is really offensive. I want to hear a rap song about buying a Cy Twombly painting or dating a museum curator. I want to hear about that kind of rich. — John Waters

vowing himself to "just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." After — Philip Roth

I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them. — George R R Martin

Any action which lacks in obedience is a fall, and any act of disobedience is rebellion. — Watchman Nee

I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded. — Steven Spielberg

I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example. — Hanya Yanagihara

Lookin' for love in all the wrong places, no fine girls just ugly faces. — Young MC

Trust your passion, identify your dreams, and find the courage to share them with others, no matter how many times they call you a fool. — Bill Strickland

If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda. — Timothy Keller

Kids get caught up in technical & electronic things like games & videos when all we had were magazines. — Christian Hosoi