Susan Vreeland For a century, everyone assumed that the iconic Tiffany lamps were conceived and designed by that American master of stained glass. Not so! It was a woman! – Susan Vreeland American Quotes Assumed Quotes Century Quotes Conceived Quotes Designed Quotes Glass Quotes Iconic Quotes Lamps Quotes Master Quotes Stained Quotes Tiffany Quotes Woman Quotes I write about art out of gratitude to painters for the joy and spiritual uplift they have given me. Painters interpret for us the visual glories of God and, in this way, bring us closer to Him. It was only after I began to write fiction that I found a way to connect with painting.
GoodLouis ArmstrongMusic There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind. – Louis Armstrong
Rob Portman President Obama has been attacking relentlessly. In 2008 he said that if you’re out of fresh ideas you use stale tactics against your opponent – you try and make your opponent unacceptable and that’s what he is trying to do. – Rob Portman
Annie Ilonzeh I know stories of Pac, but I was really, really young when he passed. The fact that he was such a thespian, and so passionate about his craft, was shocking to me in a way. – Annie Ilonzeh
Jim Carroll Rock and roll kind of screwed up my voice poetically. I found myself having this ‘Beat’ voice in my poems. It was like this self-fulfilled prophecy because everybody was calling me this rock poet, this Beat poet. – Jim Carroll
Martin ReesSad Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn’t understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn’t peculiar to science. It’s sad if some citizens can’t tell a proton from a protein. But it’s equally sad if they’re ignorant of their nation’s history, can’t speak a second language, or can’t find Venezuela or Syria on a map. – Martin Rees
Jay Pharoah Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I’ve met him, but he’s funny in interviews. He was funny when I saw him, too. Ludacris is funny. Everybody is. Rappers are funny, a lot of them. – Jay Pharoah
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