And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or the blue one, faster or slower. And it’s the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people. Jason Reitman Read Quote
Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revolutionary praxis, precisely because they are the components of the praxis of domination. Paulo Freire Read Quote
How can a coach have any influence over a player that’s making over five times more than he is? Hayden Fry Read Quote
I’m a first-born child of a Chinese immigrant family, I grew up on the East Coast. And I have to admit, I did not grow up around technology. Aileen Lee Read Quote
And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love. Beatrice Wood Read Quote
The thing is everything is good at the Cheesecake Factory. Everything’s good. It’s science-based. It’s a formula; there’s math. It’s all good! Perfume Genius Read Quote
Especially for blacks, but also for many Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans, group identity is now shaped more by a liberal politics in which past victimization is deferred to, and for which redress is sought with preferential treatment, than by a unified culture. Shelby Steele Read Quote
Half the people think I write Obama’s speeches; the other half think I’m on ‘Entourage.’ So I’m at the level of fame where people kind of know who I am, but they confuse me with other people. Jon Favreau Read Quote