#reference

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#because #broader #church #deal #expressed

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#context #cultural #distinctly #ethnic #gender

Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!' ↗

— Matt Groening

#because #education #frame #get #head

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#like #most #prefer #preference #read

I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#allowed #american #being #cliches #foreigner

What are you?” he demanded. “A slayer?" I rolled my eyes. “The name's Val, not Buffy. Do I look like a blond cheerleader with questionable taste in men? ↗

— Parker Blue

#tv-reference #funny

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. ↗

— Fanny Brice

#beauty #greater #letter #personal #recommendation

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#classic #literature #modern #newest #oldest

At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#concepts #describing #flow #into #lacks

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#classics #literature #modern #newest #oldest