Word: intellects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...others. "I suppose it was a form of cynicism on my part," he said. "The brokenness that separates the cynic from others is the outward sign of an inner division between the head and the heart. There is something icily and unnaturally intellectual about the cynic. This isolation of intellect from feelings and emotions is the essence of his condition...
...that price either. Writers of today know that the nobility bestowed on Henry Miller and D.H. Lawrence will never be ours, that nobody bothers with repression anymore because everyone knows that to crack down on an artist is to promote him. Even Jesse Helms, not the swiftest intellect in the U.S. Senate, knows this, having personally raised Robert Mapplethorpe from obscurity. Performance artists who languished for years, underwhelming tiny audiences for practically no money, have been rescued by a ringing denunciation from the religious right and given a career...
...attack Christians for promoting their religion, a religion which is the basis of many normal American's moral systems. Are we at Harvard really so arrogant to belittle others' beliefs because we feel we have a superior intellect? --Christopher G. Roberts...
...Many people talk the talk of politics, but Paul has the extraordinary energy, intellect and leadership qualities that make him a natural to walk the walk," Mandell said...
...whole generation of students have benefited both from his intellect and his generosity," said Kolko of the impact of Patterson's death...