#subjects

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#policy #principle #rebels #subjects #tyrants

Virginia Woolf came along in the early part of the century and essentially said through her writing, yes, big books can be written about the traditional big subjects. There is war. There is the search for God. These are all very important things. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#along #big #books #came #century

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#alone #best #looking #love #loves

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#books #cannot #completely #different #different subjects

I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#big #charting #day-to-day #explore #familiar

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#criticism #i #just #myself #opinions

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different. ↗

— Justin Guarini

#day #different #etc #help #important

The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. ↗

— Sean Hayes

#date #even #gay #into #other

Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects. ↗

— Anita Hill

#because #comfortable talking #did #extremely #graphic

I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#cope #emotionally #i #learn #overcome