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american-novelist musicality point
The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content. Rick Moody
american-novelist time tour
Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book. Richard Russo
american-novelist create decorative exotic material
With my gaudy, exotic material I wanted to create large, dreamy constructions that would not be decorative but powerfully expressive. Edmund White
american-novelist exhibit form masses men public substitute usual vice
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James F. Cooper
american-novelist imaginary ingenuity leaving office safety skills test
Through Kinsey, I get to test my ingenuity and my skills with imaginary firearms... all without leaving the safety of my office chair. Sue Grafton
american-novelist assertion doubly human humor insults known
There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble. Sinclair Lewis
american-novelist destroyed man
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Ernest Hemingway
american-novelist behavior best enter extremely human life nuances realm
Life is extremely complicated. I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior and alternatives of that behavior. Robert Ludlum
american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
bit positive turn
We want to take a little bit of this frustration and turn it into some positive momentum. Michael Goodling
bit grass hanging love prefer republican street
My style is a little bit different than most conventional Republican Party chairmen. My style is more grass roots-oriented. I'm much more of a street guy. I love hanging out in boardrooms, but I prefer to be in neighborhoods and communities. Michael Steele
bit difference higher maybe providence somebody talented teams
The only difference between Providence and maybe somebody a little bit higher in the standings is the young kids. Providence is talented but they're young. Young teams make mistakes. Jim Calhoun
bit final finish luck potential programs spots strong three top
The potential is there and with a bit of luck we could finish in the top four. There are two or three programs that are traditionally strong and the final one or two spots are usually up for grabs.
bit economic economy economy-and-economics energy gracefully higher move potential prices risk
The potential for even higher energy prices is a risk to the economic outlook. The economy has digested the higher prices gracefully so far. But it can get a bit of indigestion if prices move higher. Mark Zandi
bit national people talent talented team tonight won
The people who were here tonight now have an idea of the talent you see at the NAIA National Tournament. This team is every bit as talented as what you see at the nationals. In fact, if this had been 20 years ago when the NAIA had 600 teams, this team could have won it.
bit building built deciding model people precedent spaceship structures
The people who built the first of these structures had no model to go by, no precedent to use in building a monument. It's a bit like deciding to build a functioning spaceship in your back yard, and succeeding.
bit chris forced open throw wide
We've always been a little bit wide open anyway, but with Chris out, it kind of forced us to throw more.
bits bob brian coming dylan hopefully lots sit song stuff together totally type
We've all got lots of different influences. We never sit down to write a song and say, 'This is going to be a Brian Eno type of song,' or 'This is a Bob Dylan song.' It's totally little bits of lots of different stuff that come together and hopefully it's something coming out of us that we're creating.
character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
echoes listening answers
I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by and by into our lives. "Jerry, say that my answer was, 'RECALLED TO LIFE.
echoes magic black
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes! Alan Parsons
echoes pace pieces
In comics the reader is in complete control of the experience. They can read it at their own pace, and if there's a piece of dialogue that seems to echo something a few pages back, they can flip back and check it out, whereas the audience for a film is being dragged through the experience at the speed of 24 frames per second. Alan Moore
echoes participants
I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant. Aimee Bender
echoes sound perfume
Perfumes, colours and sounds echo one another. Charles Baudelaire
echoes long dying
The old echoes are long in dying. Charles Henry Parkhurst
echo ghostly shapes time
When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written. Justine Larbalestier
echoes brooklyn sound
I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway. Barbra Streisand
echoes quality transition
I use the echo effect a lot when I DJ because it allows for smooth transitions, especially at different BPMs. It also adds a studio quality to live DJ performances. DJ Jazzy Jeff
family blood giving
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
family government community
The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society's most basic values.
family philosophy character
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
family father son
A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons. Charles Spurgeon
family cooking cooking-and-love
I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family. Al Roker
family religious age
I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five. Akhmad Kadyrov
family kids night preach pride thursday together worry
We want the kids to take pride in the Lely brand. We preach family and Thursday night we were all together and we didn't have to worry about where they were.
family son said
She said I do on day 482, and gave me a son on day 761. Chris Cagle
family checks shows
I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended. David Sedaris
harriet last memory somebody
Harriet would always be there. I told her, 'You know, Harriet, somebody is going to find you in about 40 years just slumped over one of your briefs at midnight. That is going to be the last memory of you,'
harriet manager matter moving
The thing about Harriet is, it wasn't about Harriet, ... To her, it was a matter of moving the grist through the mill. . . . She was a manager of the process. Margaret Spellings
mind colour new-thought
New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing.
mind body weakness
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
mind gout body
As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
mind yoke foals
It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke.
mind pay talent
Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.
mind toadstools insult
Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.
mind needed ifs
You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I'd never have time to do anything else. Charles Stross
mind christianity holy
When filled with holy truth the mind rests.
mind states state-of-mind
We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
recurring scoring
Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games. That's obvious. Gary Speed
recurring
It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and who he is and what he's about. Adam Beach
recurring respect shows work
For myself, anyway, I think that recurring has been such a gift, because I've been able to work on a lot of shows that I've really had a lot of respect for before I went in, shows like 'Friday Night Lights' and 'Nip/Tuck,' for example. Jessalyn Gilsig
recurring-themes theme recurring
Love's a recurring theme through my work. Tracy Chapman
sides god-is-with-us
God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side.
sides actors safe
An actor always goes to the safe side. Chloe Grace Moretz
sides darker-side
Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself. Dave Gahan
side wants
The other side wants to make me the issue, Jack Thompson
sides aspect
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up. Madeleine Albright
sides homosexual borderline
I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual. Charlie Bewley
sides spirit good-health
I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits. Charles Kuralt
sidelines standing coaches
I suppose I'm like most coaches now, standing on the sideline hoping somebody asks them a question. Bobby Bowden
sides action side-effects
No action is without its side effects. Barry Commoner
states secretary
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
states evident secretary
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
states barometer interest
...interest is the barometer of the state... David Hume
states hyperbole constant
I live in a constant state of hyperbole. Eden Sher
states senators productive
I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun
state
We wrestled better than we did in the first. We got after the guys, and they wanted to get to the state final.
state
to play in the state in which they're franchised. Paul Tagliabue
state
We're realists. We know we're in a state where the Legislature is anti-choice. Susan Hill
state systems whether
When the state inspectors look at us, they will see that the systems are in place. You have to have a system whether you have one person or 100.