#son

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. ↗

— Hu Shih

#comparison #contact #critically #cultural #elements

As a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#creative person #get #head #idea #just

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#artist #going #grew #had #i

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#apprentice #complete #completeness #else #everything

I think once every person on the planet sees 'New Moon' and there's nobody left who hasn't see it, then I think they'll be able to go see 'Ninja.' ↗

— Joel Silver

#every #go #hasn #i #i think

Yeah, I guess everyone's had a reasonable amount of sex in their lives, some less than others. ↗

— Josh Silver

#everyone #guess #had #i #less

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view. ↗

— Nate Silver

#call #commitment #having #journalism #lot

You don't want to treat any one person as oracular. ↗

— Nate Silver

#person #treat #want #you

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person. ↗

— Ron Silver

#attention #devotes #makes #me #people

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs. ↗

— Carly Simon

#i #lived #sometimes #songs #started