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“Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined.”

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Nicholas Meyer, born on December 24, 1945, is an accomplished American screenwriter known for his contributions to television and film, particularly for his innovative re-interpretations of classic science fiction works. more

“Roddenberry had his own utopian vision about he perfectibility of man, and I never really believed that. And I don’t think the show demonstrates that. I think it is about gunboat diplomacy. In the final analysis, the Enterprise fires. They’re always shooting and bringing civilization, and coming to worlds where they don’t approve of tyrannical enterprises – no pun intended – and they substitute their own quote unquote enlightened version of how society is supposed to work, which is essentially American.”

Thinking Men World Shows Vision Fire Civilization Finals Versions Shooting Analysis Enterprise Enlightened Substitutes Diplomacy Utopian Pun

Author:Nicholas Meyer

“The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel.”

Firsts Novel Maps Holmes

Author:Nicholas Meyer

“No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.”

Kind Rocks Resources Instruments Inspired Musical Variety Rock And Roll Ensemble

Author:Nicholas Meyer

“You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely, And grace your simple rustic gown With a beauty more than queenly. Though only one for you shall care, One only speak your praises; And you never wear in your shining hair, A richer flower than daisies.”

May Care Speak Simple Walks Virtue Grace Flower Hair Praise Shining Crowns Gowns Daisies Rustic

Book:The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary

Source: The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary

“One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.”

Has Beens Home Today Solemn

Book:Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love

Source: Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love

“Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.”

States Literature Fantasy Massive Underestimate Never Underestimate

Author:Don DeLillo

“O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of heart, Forget your years to-day and come As children back to childhood's house.”

Men Years Heart Children Care House Forget Childhood Despair Sick Weary Toil Limbs Crowded Sinking Forget You Inner Child Faint Of Heart

Author:Phoebe Cary

“I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The pansy in purple dress, The pink with cheek of red, Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs, Like a bashful maid her head.”

Knows Shows Flower Red Fairs Dresses Rose Cheeks Royal Violet Purple Hearted Maids Pansies Bashful

Book:The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary

Source: The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary

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