I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was... →
Sarah Vowell
The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be... →
Gijs de Vries
We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world.
Lana Wachowski
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me... →
Benjamin F. Wade
The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal.
Ashley Wagner
I'm like Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. We are trying to share ideas around the world. We don't just come up with a great idea in Brazil... →
Rick Wagoner
I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.
Binyavanga Wainaina
I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor... →
Loudon Wainwright III
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at... →
Tom Waits
I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They like saying that... →
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