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Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.
by Alex North (Composer, American , born in 1910) keywords: art, bankrupt, commercialism, conventional, daring, fear, film, films, more, music, problem, today, want , your People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.
by Anna Quindlen (Journalist, American , born in 1953) keywords: always, been, blame, boys, conventional, girl, manage, said, she, should , wisdom The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
by David Rockefeller (Businessman, American , born in 1915) keywords: art, been, changed, considered, conventional, done, lot, notions, past, rejected, things, today, works , would Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it.
by Alice S. Rossikeywords: ambivalence, challenging, conventional, dislike, disturbed, does, indicates, job, man, most, nothing, paying, threatening, toward, values, want , work Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons.
by Joseph Rotblat (Physicist, Polish , born in 1908) keywords: between, conflicts, conventional, dealt, disputes, except, military, nuclear, number, peace, personalities, political, present, public, senior, several, statements, states, studies, testify, threats, using, weapons , well Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: because, convention, conventional, criticism, departure, fury, largely, regard, roused, such , themselves It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
by Adam Schiff (Politician, American , born in 1960) keywords: americans, better, care, conventional, enough, hussein, iraq, now, off, saddam, war, went, why, wisdom, without , world I'm seeing and hearing lots of B to B instruments, and everybody isn't, you know, using them... a lot of these guys are trying to do it on conventional guitars, although that has its own sound, and maybe its okay.
by John Sebastian (Musician, American , born in 1944) keywords: although, conventional, everybody, guitars, guys, hearing, instruments, know, lot, lots, maybe, okay, own, seeing, sound, them, these, trying , using They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war.
by Bruce Sterling (Writer, American , born in 1954) keywords: acts, called, conventional, insane, madmen, place, seen, still, take, too, unthinkable, used, war , will Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz (Economist, American , born in 1943) keywords: conventional, counter, economists, often, results, run, seem, startling, theorems, which , wisdom In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
by Thorstein Veblen (Economist, American , born in 1857) keywords: certain, come, community, conventional, eyes, indefinite, necessary, order, somewhat, stand, standard, up, wealth , well I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.
by Diane Wakoski (Poet, American , born in 1937) keywords: attitude, attitudes, away, beauty, because, certain, contain, conventional, etc, getting, ideas, involved, language, poets, race, sex, things, think, those, toward, very , women A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves.
by Timothy West (Actor, British , born in 1934) keywords: characters, conventional, know, more, playwright, tell, than, themselves , tries Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: analysts, around, batting, because, conventional, lot, many, never, reported, reporters, reputations, story, television, their, these , wisdom
