Categories Quotes - Page 20

• I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Guy, Records, Niche

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• But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Thinking, Political, Ornaments

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• One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.

  David Miliband

  Country, Islamic, Two

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's always a pleasure to perform for people who love country music. And Australians definitely fall into that category. Each time I go back, I learn something new about the country, and I get to see some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

  Joe Nichols

  Beautiful, Country, Fall

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• I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family.

  Conor Oberst

  Mexican, Ironic, Three

  "‘MariKKKopa’: Conor Oberst Explains New Desaparecidos Track, Which Takes Aim At Sheriff Joe Arpaio". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2012.

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• Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its categories and its order.

  Alberto Manguel

  Order, Vision, Library

  Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.48, Vintage Canada

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• Basically there can be no categories such as 'religious' art and 'secular' art, because all true art is incarnational, and therefore 'religious.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Religious, Art, Secular

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.24, Convergent Books

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• Many of my works fall into the category of "Zeitgeist novels." Yet I hope that they aren't only reportage, but also attempts to convey the sense of the present to the future.

  Will Self

  Fall, Zeitgeist, Novel

  "In the beginning" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2007.

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• I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary filmmakers in their category. I just see us doing some work.

  Martin Scorsese

  Thinking, Filmmaker, Contemporary

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• Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.

  Howard Schultz

  Starbucks, Brands, Guardrails

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• I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

  Tim Robbins

  Blue, Blood, Criminals

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• Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.

  Tom Peters

  Sneakers, Buzz, Today

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• There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are sciences and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

  Louis Pasteur

  Science, Past, Names

  "Revue Scientifique". Book by Louis Pasteur, 1871.

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• Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

  Susie Orbach

  Criticism, Today, Size

  "Fat is a prejudice issue" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.

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• Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

  Allen Klein

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

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• People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.

  Victoria Justice

  Stars, Latin, Team

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• Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

  Kenny G

  Thinking, Jazz, Fit

  "Kenny G is 55: A “Chirpy” Interview From 2002". Interview with Ted Panken, tedpanken.wordpress.com. 2002.

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• Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or watch a movie, thank you. Productivity is a crutch of the weak.

  Sloane Crosley

  Thank You, Giving Up, Fall

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• If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire best director category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

  Diablo Cody

  Directors, Connections, Would Be

  "Diablo Cody on the Challenge of Directing While Raising a Toddler, and Women in Film (Q&A)". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 30, 2013.

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• I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Writing, Two, Nominations

  "Write On" by Rita Mae Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.

  Jeff Bezos

  Thinking, Different, Tablets

  "Jeff Bezos's mission: Compelling small publishers to think big". Interview with Jp Mangalindan, fortune.com. June 29, 2010.

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• In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual property, forensic accounting, criminal offenses... the list goes on. Now, you have to have a separate lawyer for each one of those categories!

  James Belushi

  Real, House, Intellectual

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• Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

  Russell Baker

  Funny, Break Up, Work

  "The Plot Against People". The New York Times, June 18, 1968.

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• Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

  Dorothy Allison

  Race, Class, Needs

  Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.25, Open Road Media

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• Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

  Theodor Adorno

  Modernity, Qualitative

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.218, Verso

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