“I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.” Quote by Miguel
“All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him. He was considered too sexual!” PeopleWantMeanAttentionDaughterPay AttentionRebelliousBest TimesAll The Best Author:Miguel
“What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.” PrayerHeavenlyConsolationHinder Author:Thomas a Kempis
“When reviewers take the trouble to compliment a writer on her style, it is usually because she has made it easy for them to slide from one sentence to another like an otter down a slope.” MadeEasyTroubleStyleSentencesMade ItComplimentSlidesSlopesReviewersOne SentenceOtters Author:William H. Gass
“More and more the writer is aware of an international community of readers for whom dense language use and frequent local references are a hindrance. This seems obvious. I don't decry it or criticize it - it's just a fact.” FactsUseSeemsLanguageCommunityReaderInternationalObviousLocalsCriticizeDenseInternational CommunityHindrance Author:Tim Parks
“Any time one seeks to produce for a larger public one inevitably has to drop material that would only be understood by a particular group.” GroupsProduceParticularMaterialsUnderstood Author:Tim Parks
“If you want to appeal to people of different languages and cultures, you have to move toward tropes that are universally recognized. Games, references, subtleties that only work in your language are hardly useful.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentMovingCultureGamesLanguageAppealsSubtletyDifferent LanguagesTropes Author:Tim Parks
“Nobody appropriates novelties as readily as the Portuguese.” NoveltyPortuguese Author:Fernando Pessoa
“Any conqueror in human history has always been ultimately someone who exists purely for the expansion of their own ego, through amounting more.” HumansEgoExpansionHuman HistoryConqueror Author:Scott Derrickson
“I do think there are always ways to create what seem like insurmountable powers, but then suddenly you find their limitations and that's the nature of comic book storytelling - always has been.” ThinkingWayHas BeensBookSeemsStorytellingComicLimitationComic BookInsurmountable Author:Scott Derrickson