#lon

I play a scientist in a futuristic world in which 99% of the men have been wiped out. As a result, the women are nearly all homosexuals and the children are cloned. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#children #cloned #futuristic #homosexuals #i

The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. ↗

— David Bowie

#about #absolute #absolutely #confident #copyright

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means. ↗

— David Bowie

#always #any #been #chords #everything

But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#attention #care #i #i can #i care

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#because #being #constantly #determine #environment

The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#alone #before #best #daily #days

I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#artists #creative #creative people #distinguishes #go

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. ↗

— Euripides

#comes #reputation #success #wisdom

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#change #climate #climate change #countries #developed

As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me. ↗

— Linda Evangelista

#companies #designers #done #dress #face