"It is fashionable to scoff at Americans, but they routinely produce most of the important and ground-breaking entertainment in the world. 'Popular culture' is still culture, Shakespeare was once as popular as any of today's icons with the common people."

-- Ian O'Doherty

#Icons Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.”
“Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow.”
“I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.”
“I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind.”
“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people”
“Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.205, Macmillan
“I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.”
“A life that is worth writing at all is worth writing minutely.”

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