103 Parallel Quotes for You to Enjoy

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it? H. G. Wells

Socialism Achieve Word Experiment Extraordinarily Else Collapse Parallel Russian Attempt New Policies Call New Deal Deal Shirk America American Social Plainly Working Avert Successive Plans

The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that lead to death. It's an unfortunate parallel to human behavior - they have a dark side just as we do. We have less excuse, because we can deliberate, so I believe only we are capable of true calculated evil. Jane Goodall

Death Me Dark Behavior Evil Dark Side Strangers Believe Side Parallel Deliberate Only Attacks Lead Part True Calculated Excuse Because Always Shocked Human Just Human Behavior Unfortunate Vicious Capable Less Among Violence

People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist. Michael Haneke

One of the guiding beliefs of our consuming age is that we are all free and independent individuals. That we can choose to do pretty much what we want, and if we can't, then it's bad. But at the same time, co-existing alongside this, there is a completely different, parallel universe where we all seem meekly to do what those in power tell us to do. Adam Curtis

Time Age Free Power Universe Our Guiding Those Independent Tell Bad Parallel Pretty Seem Consuming Individuals Alongside Same Same Time Where Different Want Then Us Much Choose Beliefs

You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates. Ariel Dorfman

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent. Calvin Trillin

Thought Parallel Parking Main Talent Always

Art is a harmony parallel with nature. Paul Cezanne

Art Nature Harmony Parallel

None but himself can be his parallel. Virgil

Parallel Himself None His

An interesting parallel: MLK was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover, an unsavory character. I was targeted by the equally unsavory B. Hussein Obama. Dinesh D'Souza

Character Hoover Obama Parallel Hussein Unsavory Edgar Equally Targeted Interesting

There are two - parallel - universes of science. One is the actual day-to-day work of scientists, patiently researching into all parts of the world and sometimes making amazing discoveries. The other is the role science plays in the public imagination - the powerful effect it has in shaping how millions of ordinary people see the world. Adam Curtis

Work Science People World Sometimes Amazing Imagination Other Parallel See Shaping Day-To-Day Powerful Parts How Making Scientists Discoveries Effect Role Patiently Ordinary Ordinary People Public Researching Actual Millions Two Universes Plays

Sometimes the fantasy writers set their novels in an ancient Earth, sometimes a parallel Earth, or, quite often, they offered no explanation at all as to the temporal and geographic location. Adrian McKinty

Sometimes Earth Location Ancient Parallel Temporal Writers Geographic Offered Quite Often Explanation Fantasy Novels Set

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. Alexis Korner

Parallel Johnny Resulted Winters Development American Movement Blues British

As the world of independent feature filmmaking became increasingly commercialized by the mid-1990s, there was also a parallel, much more positive development: a resurgence in documentary filmmaking, thanks in part to the advent of the cheaper, lighter digital format that helped to offset the daunting costs of pursuing political aims through film. Alissa Quart

Positive World Political Digital Thanks Increasingly Aims Independent Parallel More Costs Feature Daunting Through Pursuing Resurgence Part Cheaper Lighter Advent Development Also Documentary Became Offset Format Much Helped Film Filmmaking

Parallel societies are exactly that: They exist side by side and rarely meet. Andy Ngo

Side Meet Parallel Exactly Rarely Exist Societies

Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet. Ang Lee

Money Meet Parallel Like Lines Sensitivity

I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet. Anne Fortier

Me Writing Gift Too Much Too Parallel Write Had How Occurred Discovered Juliet Up Ended Wanted Decided Story Romeo Romeo And Juliet Then Much Original Set

I went back to DJ'ing in 1987, and it's been an incredible second career for me. Plus, it's almost a parallel universe. If you don't go to underground clubs, you wouldn't know what I do or who I am. So there's been a whole new audience of people that don't even know I'm that 'Boy George', the one their mother used to like. Boy George

Me You People Mother Universe Incredible Back Parallel Plus Almost New Like Know Underground Audience Boy Am Go George Been Clubs Used Who Whole Even Second Career

There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it's all a lot of nonsense, then it's a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea. But if this idea is correct, it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding. Brian Greene

And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going. Bruce Catton

Will Down Meet Parallel Steel Like Track Lines Shining Off Train Infinity Going Where After Which Far Rails

In 'The Founders,' his new book about top charter schools, Richard Whitmire traces both the 'revolution' these schools brought about in many American cities as well as a parallel phenomenon, 'the charter pushback campaigns.' Campbell Brown

Book Revolution Top Cities Parallel Brought About Charter Charter Schools Both New New Book Schools Traces Well His Campaigns American American Cities Richard Many Founders Phenomenon

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. Carrie Brownstein

You Song Black Band Appreciating Ways Nirvana Possibly Parallel Find Inside Black Sabbath Guts Sabbath Allowed Puts Perform New Along Rock Rock Band New Ways Artistry Being Play

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. Cate Blanchett

Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They're really parallel. Chip Esten

Song Parallel Similar Scene Doing Very Truthfully Really

The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Chuck D

Music Grace World Internet Saving Saving Grace Music Industry Parallel Promoting Glad Part Industry Exists Creating Exposing Even

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