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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
technique film formal
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally. Alain Resnais
technique doe precision
By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. Bruno Walter
technique stage thousand
I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen. Bela Lugosi
technique
It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important. Cecilia Bartoli
technique captivating stills
Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me. Adam Baldwin
technique spontaneity combat
In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. Bruce Lee
technique learning-new
I love learning new techniques. David Bailey
technique photographer justified
Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept. Ansel Adams
technique moments terrorist
A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment. Donald Rumsfeld
metaphor insight supreme
Any supreme insight is a metaphor. Charles Henry Parkhurst
metaphor masters
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. Aristotle
metaphor halfway commonplace
Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.
metaphor
The metaphors exist for the stories. Kurt Busiek
metaphor transitory
All that is transitory is but a metaphor. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
metaphor strain
Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in. Florence King
metaphor
The metaphor is~ an origin, the origin of an image which acts directly, immediately. Gaston Bachelard
metaphor myth walt
Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth. Jeff Smith
metaphor red state
Branson is a metaphor for red state America, Robert Schmuhl