"Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere."

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Source : Irving Howe (1995). “A Critic's Notebook”, Harvest Books

Irving Howe

#Atmosphere Quotes #Curls Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.”
“Companies have a responsibility to train and retrain their employees.”

Source : Graduating Engineer. v.12 1990/1991 McGraw-Hill, 1990.
“Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!”

Source : Galen, Arthur John Brock (1991). “On the natural faculties”, Loeb Classical Library
“The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.”

Source : "The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas". Book by Robert W. McChesney, May 1, 2008.
“The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.”
“And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy.”

Source : "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien", edition.cnn.com. May 22, 2012.
“The more a book is like an opium pipe, the more the Chinaman reader is satisfied with it and tends to discuss the quality of the drug rather than its lethargic effects.”

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