“I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensStoriesWinningSidesHavensWestFantasticAwardsComposerBroadwayWest SideWest Side Story Author:Andrew Lloyd Webber
“To go from Girl, Interrupted, where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like West Wing where I get to laugh and joke around every day, has been a welcome relief.” Has BeensShowsGirlLaughingCryTvsJokesWingsWestWelcomeReliefTv ShowsInterruptedGirl Interrupted Author:Elisabeth Moss
“Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I am from and here in the West - but it is only in the brain that we can eventually hope to find the answers.” MindHas BeensThreeAsksAnswersBrainIndiaAskingWestPhilosopherFascinatingLofty Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“What I do know is that Charlie Hebdo cartoonists have been converted into the closest thing the West has to religious-like martyrs in the war against radical Islam, which means that anything short of pure reverence for them generates tribal rage and vilification.” KnowsMeanHas BeensWarReligiousPureWestIslamRageRadicalReverenceClosestMartyrCharlieCartoonistRadical IslamCharlie Hebdo Author:Glenn Greenwald
“The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.” YearsHas BeensGovernmentUsedLeaderWestPhrasesRecessionsUnclear Book:The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense Source: The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense