“Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.” PeopleIfsWantLittlesFactsPiecesHavensDecadesTendenciesManipulationCensorshipAlteredIndoctrinationInitiateExcursionsKgb Author:Frank Zappa
“I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I haven't been involved in so much is hip-hop, which I chose not to be involved in because it felt like I would be what they called "perpetrating." It felt like hip-hop was so much of its own culture and that I was not part of that culture.” Would BeAbleLastsCultureFeltHavensMovementInvolvedHip HopDecadesHipsHops Author:Nile Rodgers
“I think, if allowed, 3D is a new film language. I can have more adventure exploring a new media, that's very exciting. 2D we know most of it, things haven't changed for decades; it's the same principles, so 3D's more exciting.” IfsThinkingKnowsI CanFilmLanguagePrinciplesMediaHavensChangedAdventureExcitingDecadesExploringNew Media Author:Ang Lee
“There's so much stigma around HIV/AIDS. It's a challenging issue, and the people that already have been tested and know their status find it very, very hard to disclose their status, to live with that virus, and to even seek out the kind of information they need. This experience of going to South Africa a decade ago really woke me up to the scale of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, how it was affecting women and their children. I haven't been able to walk away from it.” PeopleKnowsNeedsKindChildrenHas BeensHardAbleChallengesWalksIssuesHavensInformationSouthDecadesAidsScalesSouth AfricaTestedVirusesHivStigmaHiv AidsPandemicsSub Saharan Africa Author:Annie Lennox
“I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young.” DoneYoungHavensDecadesTranslate Author:Paul Auster
“I have like 10 different processes I go to. My favorite one is to just go to an obscure neighborhood I haven't been to in decades and just wander around.” DifferentProcessHavensMy FavoriteDecadesWanderNeighborhoodObscure Author:Robert Sietsema
“At the same time that you've got to open yourself up to the fact that experience is going to teach you year after year, decade after decade. I remember I very badly wanted to write a newspaper column when I was only 21 years old, and I went to my editor and told him that, and he said, "You're a really good writer, but you haven't lived long enough to be qualified to live out loud."” WritingYearsLongSaidEnoughFactsWantedRememberTeachHavensDecadesNewspapersLoudEditorsQualifiedColumnsGood Writers Author:Anna Quindlen