Author: Nell Scovell

Quotes

Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'

Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'

- Nell Scovell

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

- Nell Scovell

The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.

The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.

- Nell Scovell

Making someone laugh is the simplest, most basic positive human connection.

Making someone laugh is the simplest, most basic positive human connection.

- Nell Scovell

The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture.

The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture.

- Nell Scovell

Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.

Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.

- Nell Scovell

If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

- Nell Scovell

When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus.

When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus.

- Nell Scovell

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