Quotes about Contemporary

If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements. Votes: 5

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. Votes: 5

But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that. Votes: 5

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it. Votes: 5

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. Votes: 5

Contemporary art hates you. Votes: 3

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. Votes: 3

Contemporary culture is not very good on responsibility. Votes: 3

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece. Votes: 3

Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society. Votes: 3

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself. Votes: 3

Contemporary Christian church would normally think that things are impossible Votes: 3

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. Votes: 3

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. Votes: 3

Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept. Votes: 3

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Votes: 3

Contemporary art is an epoch of false money allied with false culture. Votes: 3

Contemporary American psychiatrist It is a happy talent to know how to play. Votes: 3

Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! Votes: 3

Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing. Votes: 3

Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder. Votes: 3

Contemporary man has rationalized the myths, but he has not been able to destroy them. Votes: 3

I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off. Votes: 3

Contemporary Democrats are people who can't stand the idea that someone, somewhere is experiencing good news. Votes: 3

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff. Votes: 3

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. Votes: 3

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it. Votes: 3

Contemporary audiences, other than those making a deliberate historical leap, would find, say, the 1931 'Dracula' impossibly slow. Votes: 3

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical. Votes: 3

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. Votes: 3

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom. Votes: 3

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television. Votes: 3

[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair. Votes: 3

Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV. Votes: 3

Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar. Votes: 3

I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring. Votes: 3

Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery of fact. Votes: 3

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space? Votes: 3

The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization. Votes: 3

Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer a real necessity. Votes: 3

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life. Votes: 3

Contemporary art photography, or, more specifically, what I would term mainstream art photography, represents for the most part the mining of an exhausted lode. Votes: 3

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. Votes: 3

Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types. Votes: 3

Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country. Votes: 3

In the U.K., we have always been an open, trading nation, enriched by our global links. Contemporary patterns of migration extend this tradition. Votes: 3

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star. Votes: 3

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops. Votes: 3

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th. Votes: 3

Contemporary movies just drive me crazy. The violence and the sentimentality and the spiritual materialism and Theism and the incredible indulgence in ignorance is so claustrophobic. Votes: 3

Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't. Votes: 3

the backlash convinced the public that women's 'liberation' was the true contemporary American scourge - the source of an endless laundry list of personal, social, and economic problems. Votes: 3

We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental at all by any standards. Votes: 3

The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding. Votes: 3

This is a grave danger: the stoppage of information between the parts of the planet. Contemporary science knows that such stoppage is the way of entropy, of universal destruction. Votes: 3

I would hope that wherever Sheryl Crow, Paula Cole, and Fiona get played is where I'd be played. And right now that seems to be the modern Adult Contemporary market. Votes: 3

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. Votes: 3

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven. Votes: 3

What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real. Votes: 3

Weber's writing is as strong as any in the Contemporary Folk community. ' Goodbye to Dad' is one of the best original tunes that I have heard in a long time. Votes: 3

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things. Votes: 3

If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece. Votes: 3

Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges. Votes: 2

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. Votes: 2

People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference. Votes: 2

The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad. Votes: 2

The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit. Votes: 2

It is easy to gain a definite notion of the furnishing of colonial houses from a contemporary and reliable source - the inventories of the estates of the colonists. Votes: 2

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? Votes: 2

A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low. Votes: 2

The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue. Votes: 2

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Votes: 2

Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind. Votes: 2

We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in 'Child of Our Time.' Votes: 2

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. Votes: 2

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in our present. Votes: 2

My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings. Votes: 2

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from. Votes: 2

I'm just sick of the way things are. We're in an age in which we can't live without accepting the logic of the market. Contemporary politics is all about short-term pragmatism. We have abandoned religion and philosophy... What we have left is the automatisation of doing what the market tells us. Votes: 2

While there are many experts in the psychoanalysis of individuals, there seems to be little active authority or understanding in the matter of the persistent shared madness in everyday life. It's as if collective mental illness doesn't exist except in the vernacular and in contemporary folk myth, where it remains trapped and politically useless. Votes: 2

My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other. Votes: 2

I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come. Votes: 2

I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space. Votes: 2

I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. Votes: 2

We are one. Votes: 1

The Doctrine is the Ecstasy Votes: 1

Shame comes in different doses. Votes: 1

Amica mia. Amore mio. Mio respiro. Votes: 1

The Question is actually the answer Votes: 1

Everything was on television last night Votes: 1

A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities. Votes: 1

When extremists come together extreme things happen. Votes: 1

The gossip will kill your Great Grandmother. Votes: 1

The house was the color of baby vomit. Votes: 1

No good deed goes unpunished - Oscar Wilde Votes: 1

You need a father figure in your life. Votes: 1

Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom. Votes: 1

His manhood sways briefly, then comes to a standstill. Votes: 1

I am Not, but the Universe is my Self. Votes: 1

Just so you're clear, that wasn't a pity kiss. Votes: 1

Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug. Votes: 1

Change the world so that nothing else is changed. Votes: 1

I congratulate you on your success stealing the painting. Votes: 1

Don't think about that. Just believe I'll be okay. Votes: 1

The destruction of something beautiful can appear so entertaining. Votes: 1

I'll die of embarrassment." "At least you'll die knowing. Votes: 1

Like, like, like. My confidence grew with each click. Votes: 1

I laugh, and it sounds like I've been sucking helium. Votes: 1

What you loved as a child, you will love forever Votes: 1

I am ready for battle. I am ready to fight. Votes: 1

it's not about what to think,it's about how to think. Votes: 1

Does bad luck come in 3's...or is it multiples of 3? Votes: 1

Every time I so much as blink you get an erection. Votes: 1

Express yourself, Express your life, Express the Moment.. Live the life. Votes: 1

There is no happiness like mine.I have been eating poetry. Votes: 1

Express yourself, Express your life, Express the Moment, Live the life. Votes: 1

Don't be tricked by the verisimilitude into forgetting this is fiction! Votes: 1

Enjoy the tiny unexplainable second. You can learn whatever you want. Votes: 1

How do you mourn something that never really belonged to you? Votes: 1

Meeting new people is just remembering faces of God we've forgotten. Votes: 1

Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair. Votes: 1

I need you. Right now. Let me love you right here, please. Votes: 1

I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay. Votes: 1

What if the greatest love story ever told was the wrong one? Votes: 1

A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs Votes: 1

Please. Forgive me. One more chance, Blaire. I want this. I want you. Votes: 1

Even though we all know something,There is a lot more to it. Votes: 1

You want something, you go after it, and you hang on to it Votes: 1

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right. Votes: 1

If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms Votes: 1

In his arms, I slowly unfolded like a love note read in secret. Votes: 1

Let them Teach,Let them learn,let them pray,for the world is theirs. Votes: 1

Faces close, they breathed into each other, their bodies slick with water and sweat. Votes: 1

It's funny how one life-changing event could make you forget what happiness felt like. Votes: 1

I look at her suspiciously. ... Nothing is ever short and easy in this class. Votes: 1

Life is something that no one can teach you,You have to learn it. Votes: 1

When you walk,go different roads that take you nowhere,and see your world. Votes: 1

If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way Votes: 1

Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs. Votes: 1

Just when we thought everything was going to be okay, we all fell apart. Votes: 1

Apparently, I'm a sucker for a man with belt buckles the size of Texas. Votes: 1

I can feel that I'm in a dream, but I can't wake myself up. Votes: 1

Follow your heart a little more and listen to your head a little less. Votes: 1

We're going balls to the wall, guys. Our sneak-and-peak just turned into a hostage rescue Votes: 1

Events That Haunt The Mind And Scar It With Nightmares Are Never What They Seem... Votes: 1

... The use of your gift for good is your responsibility. You must decide for yourself. Votes: 1

Sometimes,you don't wake up.But if you happento, you know thingswill never bethe same. Votes: 1

I'm an invisible monster. I'm incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse. Votes: 1

You know all the ways you can kill a girl?God, there are so many. Votes: 1

And I want to kiss you every day, but not just because I'm saying goodbye. Votes: 1

A soft moan escapes me, making him smile even more. He's too good at this. Votes: 1

He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places. Votes: 1

...their voices are quieter than the other groups around them, but their body language speaks volumes. Votes: 1

Kalist likes to listen to the collective voices swell as more individuals in his colony arrive. Votes: 1

Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it. Votes: 1

I am yours," he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you. Votes: 1

This girl owns me, whether she realizes it or not. I'm a slave to her will. Votes: 1

Baumauer wants a life in which he cannot be belittled, judged or controlled by worse men. Votes: 1

uh, yeah, I love...worms" Classic. Someone should record the gold that flows from my mouth. Votes: 1

Calm down. If I wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't need this knife to do it. Votes: 1

In the deep Mysteries of the world, their belong time, still unexplored and to be explored. Votes: 1

It was all in the means of expressing himself without anyone having to ever understand it. Votes: 1

What are friends for, but to help each other get through bad times and have multiple orgasms? Votes: 1

Rubbing a clit to competin and sawing off someone's foot seemed to use all the same muscles. Votes: 1

I don't know what Alex did to piss this poisonous cow off, but now I want blood. Votes: 1

They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. Votes: 1

If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying. Votes: 1

Well, strap my ass to a flagpole and hoist it skyward' an all to familiar voice declared. Votes: 1

How can you be kissing at a time like this? Have you no respect for the dead? Votes: 1

It's sad that bad things have to happen in order for us to stop and look around. Votes: 1

I was between them, and as the tension sparked, I felt like a small rodent trapped between mastodons. Votes: 1

Every time when you think,Think about every first 20 seconds of your best Moments in your life time. Votes: 1

Alexa's heart jumped and skittered. She was at her favorite star's concert. And he was holding her hand! Votes: 1

... she was a pudding of immaturity and precocious wisdom that had not yet set into a stable mold. Votes: 1

Sometimes...the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing that you were never meant to have them. Votes: 1

The only people who need to fear me, are those that hurt you..." - TDS, Seven Dirty Words Votes: 1

It is in the elements that we found ourselves; even though the elements are not the same today. Votes: 1

You wouldn't believe how boring of a job it is, tasting food to make sure it isn't poisoned. Votes: 1

Lies are like a treadmill with no off switch. You have to keep walking or you'll fall off. Votes: 1

Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe. Votes: 1

Mending a broken heart isn't easy. It's messy and complicated, but when it's finished, it's stronger than ever. Votes: 1

It's fine, but don't ask me to strip again or I'm going to wonder what your intentions really are. Votes: 1

My emotions are spiraling out of control. I never promised I would be logical at a time like this! Votes: 1

Love is a risk. It always is. None of us is guaranteed a long life. But love takes courage. Votes: 1

Life had a funny way of kicking you in the gut when you weren't looking.~Torn~ by S. Nelson Votes: 1

Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town! Votes: 1

He and his brothers were heroes at heart - even if they were all bad boy on the outside Votes: 1

Life's messy," he agreed. "But sometimes amazing things can happen, even when it seems like it's all falling apart. Votes: 1

My heart starts to pound as he gets closer and closer to the stands, never taking his eyes off me. Votes: 1

Don't compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals. Votes: 1

My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible. Votes: 1

Om is that God of love. Like a loving mother Om cleans us of our clutters collected through many incarnations. Votes: 1

He liked confidence in a woman. And intelligence. And apparently he liked sass, all wrapped up in a straight-laced, tight-lipped bodyguard. Votes: 1

So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition. Votes: 1

We're enveloped in pitch black. "Wait here," I whisper."Are you getting your ax?""Handcuffs.""Kinky. But, okay, I'll try it. Votes: 1

That girl was a goddess and once a guy got hooked on her it was damn hard weaning off. - Drake Votes: 1

Spider had that easy way about him that people who have never had anything bad happen to them seem to possess. Votes: 1

Will you be able to touch me again without thinking about Sean? I don't want you to be disgusted by me. Votes: 1

I feel like this is a horror story. That's how scared I am right now."Don't be scared.""That doesn't help. Votes: 1

His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me. Votes: 1

How many of your contemporaries - when asked the question 'Are you glad you had kids'? - invariably respond 'Yes, but..'? Votes: 1

Se tu non fossi scappata, se tu fossi rimasta con me...loro sarebbero ancora vivi".(Maksim-La mia vendetta con te @Giovanna Roma) Votes: 1

The streetlight forge speech bubbles of illumination in the air. A faint glow from the moon casts eerie shadows behind the dark clouds. Votes: 1

If you want the extra-ordinary, you've got to be willing to forsake the ordinary' - Annie Grimes in Mr Alhourani's Dead Man's Spots Votes: 1

I'm so stupid," I tell her, tears streaming down my face now, blocking my vision. "You're not stupid. You're just an emotional vampire. Votes: 1

I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point? Votes: 1

Happiness comes in many forms. Whether through a passion for something or someone, it makes no difference. The results are the same: you live. Votes: 1

Keep a logical but open mind. What one may pass off as a psychological dysfunction could be a burst of imagination at its finest. Votes: 1

She actually isn't so bad, now that I'm getting to know her. She's just a little messy on the outside. But aren't we all? Votes: 1

Is he following? Can you have a flaming gay moment or something and check?""Why do I have to be the flaming gay one? Votes: 1

He was struck dumb by her brilliant blue eyes. Eyes that could drag a man out of the darkest hole and into the light. Votes: 1

Have you ever believed in something so completely that you were willing to give up everything and everyone in your life to protect it? Votes: 1

Happiness & Sadness are two contemporary stages in life. A wise man overcomes sadness with his wisdom, and a foolish man faces it with tears. Votes: 1

So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor. Votes: 1

You naked in my bed is even more unbelievably beautiful than I thought it would be... and trust me I've thought about it. A lot. Votes: 1

And I had just kissed my ex-girlfriend, who had cried, while my current girlfriend was in jail. So far, it had not been my best day. Votes: 1

He now realized that right and wrong were intertwined notions. His arms could not differentiate between just and unjust causes. They only knew that they were empty. Votes: 1

With you and me, I don't know what anything means. We're pushing each other away and yet I don't seem to be able to let you go. Votes: 1

Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I'm okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me. Votes: 1

I could read between the lines just as well as anyone, especially Riona. Telling the Queen of Faerie to shut the fuck up probably came with consequences. Votes: 1

I was not being mean. Mean was her mother giving her the name Bernice Woodward.Ryals, R.K.. Cursed (The Thorne Trilogy Book 1) (Kindle Locations 66-67). . Kindle Edition. Votes: 1

She sounded like she really meant it, and I wondered if I actually was standing here on the sidewalk with her, and not still asleep in my room. Votes: 1

It was like I couldn't think of any words. Now I can think of about nine million." "How many words are in the English language?""Not the point. Votes: 1

It's just...how do I put this? Maybe it's just hard for me to imagine turning down something that's so much harder for someone like me to find. Votes: 1

Most of my dates had consisted of some guy trying to sweet-talk me while I silently prayed for an asteroid to crash into whatever diner we were at. Votes: 1

I should walk away. That would be the right thing to do. It would be the smart thing. But I can't, because I'm Taylor Caldwell, the girl who cuts. Votes: 1

There wasn't a shed of doubt in her mind that he'd fulfill her every sexual fantasy and them some.But was a brief, hot affair worth losing his friendship? Votes: 1

Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose wiser, with a stronger measure of compassion. Votes: 1

Snakes don't have fuckin' legs, so how was I supposed to think there'd be one hidin' in the face of a damn rock that's ten feet below the summit? Votes: 1

I'll carry you." But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him. Votes: 1

I think I knew from the first moment I met her, she would be the one to replace me. I didn't think it would happen that fast, but it did. Votes: 1

He said they've literally set up a camp across the street from the hotel and they have signs and bullhorns and the kind of Christian attitude that makes God puke. Votes: 1

I want him and even if it's frightening, even if I may not be completely ready for a relationship, I want him. Now... And tomorrow, and all the following days. Votes: 1

His grip on my shoulder tightens. His other hand behind my head caresses me softly and I sigh."Touch me, Skye."His voice is rough, almost sounding like a groan. Votes: 1

I didn't put him in his place. I was acknowledging his blind spot. We all have them. It just takes the right push to be able to really see them. Votes: 1

She loves dogs. And in time, who knows, maybe she would even have ended up loving the type of dogs who eat other small dogs for lunch.-- Leslie McNeill Votes: 1

I look into his sorrowless eyes and a door in my heart blows open. And when we kiss, i see that on the other side of that door is sky. Votes: 1

The elements are a way to define what abstract is; and abstract is a taught as like any other than ,what to think? and how to think? and you may begin.. Votes: 1

What if just you and I hung out, like last summer?" Nick sat up and began twirling a lock of my wet hair around his finger. "Josh never needs to know. Votes: 1

Her eyes narrowed, but she wasn't yelling.I think she liked me... kind of. The way a mother would like an annoying spastic two year old who belonged to someone else. Votes: 1

His smile is beautiful. It's the kind of smile that can take away all nervousness and tension in a room, no matter how big. I have no choice but to smile back. Votes: 1

I'm agnostic. By definition, I'm unsure of what to believe in, but I'm also borderline-capable of believing in anything and everything, or nothing at all... and I want to believe in something. Votes: 1

I cannot believe I have been duped, not once but twice. My three years gaining a degree in psychology was clearly a waste of time. I might as well have studied Klingon. Votes: 1

She touched him everywhere she could reach. The rounded hardness of his biceps and chest, the ripped contours of his back, his thick, damp hair, until touching with his hands wasn't enough. Votes: 1

down. There just was no way someone that good looking was getting made fun of. Plus guys could sleep with a whole team and it would be okay. Talk about double standards. Votes: 1

Am I in trouble? He chortled, "well, a bunch of not-so-friendly thugs were waiting to ambush you and blow up your apartment. If that doesn't qualify as trouble, I don't know what does. Votes: 1

I love you Bonnie. So much that I hurt with it. And I hate it, and I love it, and I want it to go away, and i want it to stay forever.... Votes: 1

I remember...watching that separation of sea and sky...and for the first time I realize that none of us are seeing the same thing. That all our horizons end in different places. Votes: 1

Sometimes our balance has to be upset and our course reset in order to help us navigate to our final destination. This is my final destination and where I was meant to be. Votes: 1

Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you. Votes: 1

When he spoke of love, it was in the manner of someone who can recite a phrase in a foreign language but has no idea what it means. He only knows that it sounds pretty. Votes: 1

...Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times... ...Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on... Quote on the Title Page of "Love TORN Asunder Votes: 1

She looked at his outstretched hand, seeing it for what it was. A challenge. An invitation. A promise. They could never be just a "fling." A fling was something you didn't put your heart into. Votes: 1

Fate was cruel to play this trick on her, although if she were honest she knew she only had herself to blame. She had taken the chance and now she had to pay the price. Votes: 1

I want to know what it feels like to kiss a guy. And you've had a lot of practice, so I know you're a good kisser.Are you simultaneously complimenting me and calling me a whore? Votes: 1

The animals known as human beings live in humongous condominium blocks, just going about their daily lives. I've come to realize that it's just a modern jungle. And I'm the girl who's wandered into the forest. Votes: 1

I smiled sadly and whispered, "I would have taken a bullet for you, too, you know.""I know," he whispered gruffly and lifted my chin, "and that pisses me off and turns me on at the same time. Votes: 1

Talk to me. Say something, anything," he pleaded quietly as if he was trying to tame a wild animal."There's nothing to say."He looked up and lowered his eyebrows on his eyes. "Why did you kiss me? Votes: 1

There were many tomorrows to be lived through his children. He could only hope that they would face them more courageously than he had, that his mistakes would serve as warning signs rather than crutches to lean on. Votes: 1

On occasion we stumble upon what seems to be a truth. Compared to the surrounding blackness, it sparkles and dazzles our eyes. But are these actually truths? Are our eyes really feasting upon light? Or just patches of grey? Votes: 1

Lucy: I don't feel like talking about college. It increases my stress level.James: And increased stress levels lead to hair loss.Lucy: My head-hair volume is fine.James: You say that like I should be concerned about leg-hair volume. Votes: 1

No, this was Philly. Drunks here boo Santa and get in more trouble than a dog with an Easter basket, and like the dog, they usually end up either sick or dead. Ah yes, another lovely eve in the big city. Votes: 1

He moved his head closer to mine and then stopped, his lips a few millimetres away from mine. I couldn't breathe, my heart was racing, but not from the usual fear I had. It was because I wanted to kiss him Votes: 1

Lacing my fingers through his, I studied them. His fingers were so much longer than mine, and I envisioned what those fingers could do. And how long they would take to do it before they sent me over the edge. - Lacey Votes: 1

Sometimes we just have to accept the fact we can't explain everything. Life happens, whether we want it to or not and we don't always have a reason why. Our job is to try and make some good come out of it. Votes: 1

I stared at him. Did he really just say that? Did he remember? The way he looked back at me, one eyebrow raised, I knew he did. And this time, I was the one to look away. Because I remembered. I remembered everything. Votes: 1

Kyle must have seen my panic, because when I looked up at him again, his jacket and shirt were off and he was handing me his shirt. The sight of him with no shirt on hit me. Holy hell, what was he doing? Votes: 1

Impressive," Court offered, gallantly bending to retrieve the shoe. "You should join the theater.""Fuck you.""I owed you that.""Revenge is a dish best served with a side of handcuffs and a hard ass-fucking. Remember that."Really is a dirty fighter. Goddamn. Votes: 1

Because even if we were struggling, we had goals. It didn't matter that we weren't there yet. What mattered is that we both experienced setbacks, and full-blown failures, but we got up, brushed ourselves off, and kept going-and were making the best of it. Votes: 1

Is your name even David?' I asked as I yanked my panties back on.'Is yours Melanie?' he inquired, buttoning his jeans.'I asked first,' I countered, wondering for the umpteenth time why being an idiot came so easily to me. Votes: 1

They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll fade...People may remember it was suicide, but my name won't be attached. It will just be two lovers, fused together forever. Votes: 1

Tonight, after we're done with the bank, we're going to finish this. Somewhere it's just the two of us. But if I keep kissing you right now, I'm not going to have enough blodd left in my brain to keep you safe at the bank. Votes: 1

The only way, I thought to myself, that this could get any weirder would be if it turns out he has that dead body's head on ice where in the basement, some ready for transplantation onto Cindy Crawford's body as soon as it becomes available. Votes: 1

It was his experience that life worked under the same guidelines as a capitalistic society. In order to get what you wanted, it was usually necessary to give up something in return. Sometimes gaining what you defined as everything meant losing what you most needed. Votes: 1

For God's sake, don't let her watch Cinderella. What kind of example is that? A mindless twit who can't even remember where she left her damn shoe, so she has to wait for some douchebag in tights to bring it to her? Give me a frigging break! Votes: 1

He tilted my head up with his index finger. Tingles spread on my skin. "Pain, obstacles, betrayal and all shitty things that happen in life shape everyone, just as much as good things do. Don't regret anything if in the end you can say you're an amazing woman. Votes: 1

He smiled wickedly, and my body warmed. "Girls dig bad boys.""Unfortunately, that's true.""Is there a message, Bridge?""In your dreams," I replied with a roll of my eyes, but it was all an act because there was a message there. I wanted him. I was screwe Votes: 1

All I knew was that I couldn't have him right now. It was impossible. Could I have him in a year? Two years? Five years? Ten years? I didn't know. All I knew was that although the universe was pushing us together, it was also pushing us apart. Votes: 1

I kind of thought actually that Trevor was gone completely mental when he called up here a few weeks ago. Like, why would he not text or email or Facebook? What's with all the reality, I thought. Does he not know he's a million times cooler in virtual form? Votes: 1

Listen up, Nic," she said firmly, looking straight into his gray-blue eyes. "If you die on me out here, so help me I'll hold seances and pester you. I won't give you a moment's peace in the hereafter," she threatened in a fierce whisper. Gabrielle O'Hara, River of Dreams Votes: 1

What could I offer the local bad boy except my livelihood? Oh, I know. My body or my planes! Why didn't I think of that? Would you have preferred that I offer him my body, Nic, because I sure as hell wasn't going to sign over either of my planes! Votes: 1

All I could think about was the heat of his soft lips, the way they fitted so wonderfully as I was coaxing him to open them some more, just enough to let my tongue slip in and taste him. I needed a taste, needed to complete this fantasy of mine. Votes: 1

We were vicious and violent but elegant and discreet. There was a dance to all of this, one that kept all things flowing in the right direction, a circle that ensured the smartest and brightest would stay on top, not the man with the most guns and the smallest dick. Votes: 1

Why I felt the need to always disobey everyone around me was beyond me. But I guess being sixteen years old made me susceptible to bouts of irrational behaviour and the occasional notion that I was in fact smarter than everyone else, regardless of whether or not that was true. Votes: 1

She wanted his strong, capable hands on her blody and those soft lips locked with hers. She wanted to be held tight and kissed until she could forget-if only for a few precious minutes-that her life as she knew it had evaporated in a cloud of smoke and flame and violence. Votes: 1

The French have a penchant for absolutism, for thinking that things are all one way or all another, which is why their politics are marked by a general inability to compromise and why they tend to hold their personal opinions until the bitter end, even after they have clearly lost an argument. Votes: 1

How much the pain grew inside him after Ossie died until the only way to deal with it was to throw himself into the fray. And the whole time, Vanessa's body was wrapped around him like she was the only one being strong as a shield while he stripped his life bare. Votes: 1

A tightrope walker uncertain if he could make it to the other side probably would not. A race car driver wondering if he was taking a turn too fast was likely to lose control. If a man feared death, whether his own or the taking of another's, death would surely come calling. Votes: 1

He felt torn. He wanted her to feel safe with him, but he also wanted her to feel the sort of heady excitement that any young girl should feel when they fall in love. He wanted to give her everything she craved, and he was not quite sure he could do it. Votes: 1

My mouth dropped open, because even if it wasn't my best friend, I knew the guy who was presently rubbing the short stubble on his chin. The only new thing about him was the little scar on his left eyebrow. It was Gabriel Green, known to me as Gabe the douche bag. Great! Votes: 1

At the Beginning there was Incomplete information,then belief and then an abstract idea but if you reach Pure reasoning then you start to understand the dualities of life itself.The sunset,the sunrise;A star from approximately 93 million miles away and still as bright as it is in the sky some where unknown. Votes: 1

All history is contemporary history. Votes: 0

The poet is always our contemporary. Votes: 0

I read very little contemporary anything. Votes: 0

I write nothing but contemporary romances. Votes: 0

I'm always interested in contemporary fiction. Votes: 0

Imagination without skill gives us contemporary art. Votes: 0

I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture Votes: 0

Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition. Votes: 0

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary. Votes: 0

Knowledge Qf history frees us to be contemporary. Votes: 0

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry. Votes: 0

I have a passion for modern and contemporary art. Votes: 0

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects. Votes: 0

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time Votes: 0

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life. Votes: 0

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time. Votes: 0

Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque. Votes: 0

Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. Votes: 0

It is very difficult to build contemporary architecture in Italy Votes: 0

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking. Votes: 0

The most underrated of all contemporary American writers of fiction. Votes: 0

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal. Votes: 0

Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs. Votes: 0

Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller. Votes: 0

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you? Votes: 0

Imprisonment in the contemporary is the worst of all intellectual tyrannies. Votes: 0

Strangers are contemporary posterity. [Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.] Votes: 0

The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. Votes: 0

I think you can be contemporary without taking your clothes off. Votes: 0

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory, Votes: 0

I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy. Votes: 0

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community. Votes: 0

Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing something other than painting. Votes: 0

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology. Votes: 0

The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated. Votes: 0

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper. Votes: 0

Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry. Votes: 0

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music. Votes: 0

So much of contemporary liberalism seems to be never having grown up. Votes: 0

There are rooms for traditional and contemporary and hip hop Gospel music. Votes: 0

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life. Votes: 0

We need new ideas and new creativities to help address contemporary issues. Votes: 0

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending. Votes: 0

It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function. Votes: 0

No aspect of our contemporary lives has been untouched by women's work. Votes: 0

I wanted to introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience. Votes: 0

This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society, Votes: 0

The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence. Votes: 0

...Venice has been the living future of contemporary American history since its inception. Votes: 0

Give contemporary POET more SPACE & a long-last MAGIC will surround you all again. Votes: 0

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read. Votes: 0

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration. Votes: 0

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band. Votes: 0

The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry. Votes: 0

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway. Votes: 0

Our contemporary life is based on information that can change at any time. Votes: 0

My persona is less miserable than a lot of contemporary poetry speakers are. Votes: 0

I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian. Votes: 0

I want to be a contemporary artist and at the same time a romantic! Votes: 0

Many ancient (and contemporary) societies considered the sexually awakened femaleas both auspicious and dangerous. Votes: 0

The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order. Votes: 0

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people. Votes: 0

Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy. Votes: 0

Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing. Votes: 0

Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares. Votes: 0

I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you? Votes: 0

There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting. Votes: 0

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. Votes: 0

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. Votes: 0

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house. Votes: 0

I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art . . . that people actually paid for it. Votes: 0

All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. Votes: 0

The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. Votes: 0

Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith. Votes: 0

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary. Votes: 0

The contemporary Christian mind is starved, and as a result we have small, impoverished souls. Votes: 0

Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary. Votes: 0

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. Votes: 0

I feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises. Votes: 0

Because contemporary paganism is essentially so new, its underlying ethical structure is not particularly sophisticated. Votes: 0

I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all. Votes: 0

As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. Votes: 0

Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply. Votes: 0

During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences. Votes: 0

There are few subjects that match the social significance of women's education in the contemporary world. Votes: 0

If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history. Votes: 0

The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material. Votes: 0

If you scratch through the deceitful artifice of contemporary photography, you'll find the real artifice underneath. Votes: 0

No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms. Votes: 0

Few contemporary artists mined the space between the ordinary and the strange better than Orozco did. Votes: 0

The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor. Votes: 0

The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past. Votes: 0

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade. Votes: 0

I use contemporary media to reanimate sites and places with images of their own lost histories. Votes: 0

The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation. Votes: 0

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. Votes: 0

I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out. Votes: 0

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. Votes: 0

You see, the contemporary writer must write through his intimations of unease, while trying to elucidate them. Votes: 0

The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality. Votes: 0

I probably take a pretty traditional view about hell. I'm not very contemporary in terms of that. Votes: 0

My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex. Votes: 0

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. Votes: 0

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. Votes: 0

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button." Votes: 0

You really have to go searching desperately to find any contemporary examples of good, old-fashioned runaway inflation. Votes: 0

A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation. Votes: 0

It's hard to find actors that don't feel contemporary when you put them in a period piece. Votes: 0

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. Votes: 0

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics. Votes: 0

All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it? Votes: 0

You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book Votes: 0

The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy. Votes: 0

I think there are all kinds of intrusions into private rights that make use of contemporary technology. Votes: 0

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals. Votes: 0

The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism — nay, it is identical with nihilism, Votes: 0

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air. Votes: 0

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me. Votes: 0

I've found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness. Votes: 0

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. Votes: 0

I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike. Votes: 0

A contemporary painting is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and not a predetermined figure. Votes: 0

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. Votes: 0

I've never been at odds with the world of contemporary artists. If there is any animosity, it's one-sided. Votes: 0

Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility. Votes: 0

I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfilment in America... Votes: 0

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel. Votes: 0

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. Votes: 0

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations. Votes: 0

Oh, how I wish that Orwell were still alive, so that I could read his comments on contemporary events! Votes: 0

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture. Votes: 0

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. Votes: 0

I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today. Votes: 0

All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us. Votes: 0

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ. Votes: 0

I'm interested in contemporary vision - the flicker of chrome, reflections, rapid associations, quick flashes of light. Bing! Bang! Votes: 0

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. Votes: 0

There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men. Votes: 0

Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision. Votes: 0

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music. Votes: 0

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives. Votes: 0

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. Votes: 0

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved. Votes: 0

I have no doubt about a photographer in particular and a digital artist in general having become contemporary icons. Votes: 0

I reckon that Stonehege was build by the contemporary equivalent of Microsoft, whereas Avebury was definitely an Apple circle. Votes: 0

I don't think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality. Votes: 0

If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it Votes: 0

Don't Look Back' is my first YA contemporary mystery/thriller. It's been described as 'Black Swan' meets 'Pretty Little Liars'. Votes: 0

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science. Votes: 0

The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending. Votes: 0

Far too many young people today have no spiritual roots. The've been deprived of values by an agnostic, contemporary culture. Votes: 0

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore Votes: 0

Rebecca Goldstein is a rare find among contemporary novelists: she has intellectual muscle as well as a tender emotional reach. Votes: 0

Every work brings new and different challenges. Research is always helpful, regardless of whether the play is contemporary or not. Votes: 0

I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another. Votes: 0

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work. Votes: 0

In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her own history. Votes: 0

I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum. Votes: 0

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore. Votes: 0

In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery. Votes: 0

Long historical books get written by women, but not contemporary experiments, which still seems to be a very male-dominated field. Votes: 0

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. Votes: 0

My work seen in its totality is a statement about the integration of the contemporary artist into an industrial society. Votes: 0

[Bob] Dylan is a contemporary Don Quixote, at once besotted by the promise of America and yet also undermining it. Votes: 0

The abstractness of modern art has to do with how much an enlightened mind rejects of the contemporary social order. Votes: 0

Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age that we're living in. Votes: 0

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times. Votes: 0

Sex annihilates identity, and the space given to sex in contemporary novels is an avowal of the absence of character. Votes: 0

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary. Votes: 0

The first thing that struck me about contemporary music in general had been thatthere was not much interest in rhythm. Votes: 0

The passion to interpret as madness that with which we disagree seems to have infected the best of contemporary minds. Votes: 0

My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets. Votes: 0

I don't like all of the contemporary country. I like some of it, but I'm mostly into the traditional style. Votes: 0

A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere. Votes: 0

Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true. Votes: 0

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want. Votes: 0

Nothing contemporary is as extreme or as strongly stated as what the Sex Pistols were able to do in their time. Votes: 0

The agriculture we seek will act like an ecosystem, feature material recycling and run on the contemporary sunlight of our star. Votes: 0

It is time to cease to argue about God , and instead to unite in the unmasking of contemporary forms of idolatry. Votes: 0

I'm reading a manuscript by Rodney Jones, "Village Prodigies",it's one of the best contemporary poetry books I've ever read ever. Votes: 0

People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely. Votes: 0

If I actually believed that the progress of human understanding depended on our crop of contemporary novelists, I would shoot myself. Votes: 0

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. Votes: 0

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style. Votes: 0

Commercials are so contemporary and up to date that when you're involved in that visual world, you can't really go backwards. Votes: 0

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last. Votes: 0

In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences. Votes: 0

You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV. Votes: 0

It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle. Votes: 0

The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation... Votes: 0

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand. Votes: 0

Irene Bennett Brown keeps the promise of her gifted writing and love for history inside this fine contemporary mystery. I loved it. Votes: 0

The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed. Votes: 0

There are a number of contemporary playwrights whom I admire enormously, but that's not at all the same thing as being influenced. Votes: 0

It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common. Votes: 0

There's this idea that when you turn 40, you automatically go to adult contemporary heaven, but I want to try and challenge that. Votes: 0

[Nathalie Rykiel] knows by heart the genetic codes of the brand, and she also has a very contemporary and creative opinions about it. Votes: 0

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story. Votes: 0

In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it. Votes: 0

For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most useful. Votes: 0

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct. Votes: 0

I mean, people listen to music, and they like that, but I think in England, a lot of people don't like contemporary art. Votes: 0

Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to be. Votes: 0

One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author. Votes: 0

When I look at the objects that I draw, it seems to me so obvious about the contemporary world - these are our world. Votes: 0

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. Votes: 0

I read very little contemporary anything... I don't think I read what other people read, but then why would I, considering what I do? Votes: 0

I don't ever sing classically when I am singing a contemporary score - I kind of try to fit in whatever needs to happen. Votes: 0

The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman. Votes: 0