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Why do we always have to see black people in hindsight? Why are the Hollywood movies always historical? What about the contemporary image of black people?

~Ava Duvernay

Topics: About Always Black Contemporary Hindsight Historical Hollywood Hollywood Movies Image Movies People See Why

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I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Because Contemporary Engage Few Fiction Know Novelists Person Rare Science Scientist Trained Who Writes

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Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to disassociate from the contemporary realities of those places.

~Baz Luhrmann

Topics: Africa Asia Contemporary Epic Epics Hard Historically Make Places Realities Set Those Today West Wild Wild West You

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Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?

~Bell Hooks

Topics: Affirm Color Columbus Contemporary Dimensions Imperialist Legacy Male Many Men Patriarchy Refusal Thinkers Why

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Capote is one of those people who represents something larger than himself. I think that his ambition, his kind of success, and the downfall that followed are very contemporary.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Ambition Contemporary Downfall Followed Himself His Kind Larger People Represents Something Success Than Think Those Very Who I Think

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Contemporary moral philosophy has found an original way of being boring, which is by not discussing moral issues at all.

~Bernard Williams

Topics: Being Boring Contemporary Discussing Found Issues Moral Original Philosophy Way Which

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It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

~Bill Paxton

Topics: Become Contemporary Ending Films Popular Twist Very

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My brother had written 'Ocean Eyes,' and we recorded it, basing all of the production around contemporary and lyrical dance. I think of most songs that way - if you can't dance to a song, it's not a song.

~Billie Eilish

Topics: Around Brother Contemporary Dance Eyes Had Lyrical Most Ocean Production Recorded Song Songs Think Way Written You I Think

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But, in the end, even a song that's as politically bland as Blowin in the Wind, you probably wouldn't get up and sing that now, whereas some of Bob Dylan's love songs that were contemporary with that, like say Girl from the North Country, you can still get up an play now.

~Billy Bragg

Topics: Bland Bob Contemporary Country Dylan End Even Get Girl In The End Like Love Love Songs North Now Play Politically Say Sing Some Song Songs Still Up Were Whereas Wind You

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I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Admirer Background Been Blue Blue Jeans Boil Chopin Contemporary Flute Hippy Jeans Listen Music Off Once Once A Year Otherwise Punk Punk Rock Put Rock Scratch Shake Since Spiral Swinging Up Year I Can

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