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Contemporary Quotes

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular Picture Quote #1

I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is Picture Quote #1

Lacking positive myths to guide him, many a sensitive contemporary man finds only the model of the machine beckoning him from every side to make himself over into its image Picture Quote #1

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization Picture Quote #1

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ Picture Quote #1

I think it has other roots, has to do, in part, with a general anxiety in contemporary life... nuclear bombs, inequality of possibility and chance, inequality of goods allotted to us, a kind of general racist, unjust attitude that is pervasive Picture Quote #1

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Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button Picture Quote #1

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can’t do, fear or even disgust at growing old Picture Quote #1

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising Picture Quote #1

The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to forms behind which real human values lie Picture Quote #1

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was Picture Quote #1

In fact, I don’t watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera Picture Quote #1

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see Picture Quote #1

I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards a kind of television kind of opera Picture Quote #1

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends Picture Quote #1

I don’t worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike Picture Quote #1

I think we’ll still be a family restaurant, we’ll be contemporary, we’ll be lifestyle, we won’t be old, we won’t be 60 years old in the view of the consumer Picture Quote #1

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Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred Picture Quote #1

That’s true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated Picture Quote #1

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished Picture Quote #1

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I’m concerned Picture Quote #1

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects Picture Quote #1

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I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too Picture Quote #1

It is not that I don’t like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records Picture Quote #1

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up Picture Quote #1

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting Picture Quote #1

Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer a real necessity Picture Quote #1

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I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular (Contemporary Quotes) I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is (Contemporary Quotes) Lacking positive myths to guide him, many a sensitive contemporary man finds only the model of the machine beckoning him from every side to make himself over into its image (Contemporary Quotes) Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization (Contemporary Quotes) Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ (Contemporary Quotes) I think it has other roots, has to do, in part, with a general anxiety in contemporary life... nuclear bombs, inequality of possibility and chance, inequality of goods allotted to us, a kind of general racist, unjust attitude that is pervasive (Contemporary Quotes) Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button (Contemporary Quotes) Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can’t do, fear or even disgust at growing old (Contemporary Quotes) The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising (Contemporary Quotes) The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to forms behind which real human values lie (Contemporary Quotes) You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was (Contemporary Quotes) In fact, I don’t watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it (Contemporary Quotes) I’ve never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera (Contemporary Quotes) You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see (Contemporary Quotes) I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards a kind of television kind of opera (Contemporary Quotes) I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends (Contemporary Quotes) I don’t worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike (Contemporary Quotes) I think we’ll still be a family restaurant, we’ll be contemporary, we’ll be lifestyle, we won’t be old, we won’t be 60 years old in the view of the consumer (Contemporary Quotes) Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred (Contemporary Quotes) That’s true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated (Contemporary Quotes) They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought (Contemporary Quotes) Well, I’m not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished (Contemporary Quotes) However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I’m concerned (Contemporary Quotes) Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects (Contemporary Quotes) I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too (Contemporary Quotes) It is not that I don’t like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records (Contemporary Quotes) A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque (Contemporary Quotes) I don’t know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up (Contemporary Quotes) The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting (Contemporary Quotes) Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer a real necessity (Contemporary Quotes)

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