“Because of my New Line upbringing, half my heart goes to scrappy independents, and half goes to mainstream, down-the-middle pop culture events. And even with those, to try to keep something fresh and original with them and try to do things that the majors miss.” TryingHeartCultureLinesHalfMiddleMissingEventsMy HeartMajorsOriginalsPopsMainstreamPop CultureUpbringing Author:Michael De Luca
“The fact remains that books that really put gay people in the center, and especially books that do so in a way that is sexually explicit, tend not to get a great deal of mainstream attention: they don't tend to sell well, and they don't tend to win major awards. This makes the occasional exception, like Alan Hollinghurst, all the more remarkable.” PeopleWayWellsBookFactsWinningDealsAttentionGayMajorsRemainsSellsRemarkableExceptionAwardsMainstreamOccasionalSexuallyGay PeopleExplicit Author:Garth Greenwell
“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.” SchoolCompanyMajorsScientistUniversityMainstreamTiedConsulting Author:Jeremy Rifkin