- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over Quotes
On endings, control, and what's left after.
These over quotes touch on shrugging off bad reviews, a joke about a composer's career peaking absurdly young, and the physical toll of years spent touring. Another reflects on the discomfort of having no control over what ends up on screen. See Control for more on that last idea.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
- Thirty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- His
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as in its form.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
That the decision is taken away from the voters, and as in 2000 turned over to the lawyers and the courts.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.
- Chaos
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is the triumph over chaos.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the movie was done, Number Five was crated up. Eric took him over to Germany; displayed him over there because Germans really liked this movie. It was very popular with them.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm kind of scatterbrain and all over the place at times.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Culture means control over nature.
- Sweden
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- Nov 07, 2020