#instant

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#characterized #heady #instantaneous #sixties #solutions

I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it! ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#book #could #designer #dirty #doctor

My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it's not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables, for that matter. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#clean #eat #enough #i #i can

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#daily #dreams #even #existence #humanity

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#basically #become #company #demands #enormous

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#conductor #every #feel #i #instantaneously

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#cigarettes #contrast #culture #extra #i

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#dangerous #dangerous thing #emotions #instant #thing

It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#ahead #any #became #clear #complete

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? ↗

— Bill Watterson

#instantaneous #learning #time #waste #waste time