#mode

As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory. ↗

— David Mitchell

#satire #writing #satire

...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal? ↗

— H.D.

#doolittle #h-d #hilda #modernism #poetry

I'll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life. ↗

— Frankie Avalon

#cruises #enjoy #everything #everything in moderation #family

The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull. ↗

— Kevyn Aucoin

#faces #get #i #i see #industry

In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#age #entertainment #everything #film #going

A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#disciplined #enriched #especially #eternal #human

The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#areas #bridges #build #campaign #conducted

Because I was the first super-elite, the press caught on and started calling me a supermodel. So in that sense, I guess I'm the first. But, in my opinion, there were girls that could have been called supermodels before that, if the term was in existence. ↗

— Carol Alt

#been #before #called #calling #caught

I would be happy not even being a supermodel. Being able to get a taste of everything that I want a taste of makes me happy. ↗

— Summer Altice

#be happy #being #even #everything #get

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#catholic #catholic faith #change #changes #faith