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The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses.


George Oppen


#away #carefully #etc #left #masses

I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there's really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing.


Leo Ornstein


#appears #because #been #complicated #figure

I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles.


David Oyelowo


#both #brought #generation #heightened #i

The most important thing to do is really listen.


Itzhak Perlman


#important thing #listen #most #really #the most important

The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.


Philippe Perrin


#analytical #blended #career #character #choose

Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.


Matthew Perry


#age #away #early #early age #enough

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.


Oscar Peterson


#listen #people #say #something #then

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.


Joseph Pulitzer


#future generations #generations #hands #journalists #mould

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.


Terence Rattigan


#dares #few #his #lose #may

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything.


Elihu Root


#countries #country #declaring #everything #extreme






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