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“There is nothing “still” in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in Still Life attempts to fix a focus upon a scene or subject, the protean natures under view draw the poet into the eddies and complexities of reflection. This is a powerful and moving collection of poems.”
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“Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isn’t necessary for you, the actor, to like yourself— self-love isn’t easy to come by for most of us— but you must learn to trust who you are. There is no one else like you.”
Source : Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand why a lot of white people were appalled at the acquittal of O.J. Simpson."”
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“No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].”
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“I don't mind my wife having to last word. In fact I'm delighted when she reaches it.”
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“Had I managed to fall into some sort of carnivorous plant? Yeah, bleed on the man-eating plant. Always a good plan.”
Source : Diana Rowland (2012). “Touch of the Demon: Demon Novels, Book Five”, p.58, Penguin
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“The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.”
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“The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred; ...”
Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.9, Harvard University Press
