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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
fearful
Death is a fearful thing. William Shakespeare
fearful hardest jobs musician processed
I've never been a fearful person. When I was growing up, I wanted to be an actress, a writer, and a musician and I never really processed that those are the three hardest jobs - I just never even processed it. Krysten Ritter
fearful judicial longer
She's no longer fearful of the judicial system. Londell McMillan
fearful people proud scout
Scout was very fearful of people at first. He's come so far, I'm so proud of him. Jamie Woodruff
fearful loose
We are relieved. We were fearful while they were on the loose because we did not know their agenda. Jim Parker
fearful fondly loved night stars
We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night Sarah Williams
fearful helped information less people saying understanding
More times than not people come up to me after the show saying that I helped better their understanding of grizzlies. The more information people have about the bears, the less fearful they'll be. Jim Cole
fearful possibly sold
We are fearful it is possibly going to be sold for scrap, which would be a travesty. Graeme Smith
fearful fussy hug invent knew slide somewhat
He was fussy and very childlike. He'd be a handful, ... He'd have you so angry, but then he'd come up and hug you. He was just aggravated and somewhat fearful about the key. But we knew if we made him stretch, he'd have to invent something for the performance, slide off into a little falsetto, and it just worked. Lamont Dozier
hardly knew nobody pronounce
I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset. Scott McKenzie
hardly initially internet planet scared workplace
Many organizations were initially scared of the Internet and email. Now there's hardly a workplace on the planet that doesn't have an Internet connection. Michael Jackson
hardly suggest
It's hardly a radical idea to suggest that regulators and legislators understand the law now, is it? Nigel Farage
hardly hope
I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while. Beth Gibbons
hardly school
I've never been a career builder. I didn't go to drama school and hardly went to any school at all. Billie Whitelaw
hardly man men
Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular. Lord North
hardly nineties remembers
I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it. Bruce Willis
hardly standard time
A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions. Virginia Postrel
hardly singers
If I stop practising, I will be an average singer. There are a lot of singers I know who hardly practise, yet sing well. Sonu Nigam
judgement amplification youth
Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria. Alan Jay Lerner
judgement mind world
A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous. Byron Katie
judgement brain substitutes
Brains are no substitute for judgement. Dean Acheson
judgement feelings bitter
Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Charlotte Bronte
judgement too-much directors
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much. Charlotte Gainsbourg
judgement fool conviction
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions. Baltasar Gracian
judgement littles sometimes
A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus Brian Jacques
judged people work
I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work. Kevin Rahm
judges known
O Nanak, if someone judges himself, only then is he known as a real judge. Granth Sahib
judgment profit draws
A right judgment draws us a profit from all things we see . William Shakespeare
judgment checks good-judgment
Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. Baltasar Gracian
judgments later ought played reserve statements twelve
Let's be honest, what are we? Twelve and five? We've played 17 games. I think we ought to reserve those kind of judgments and statements to much later down the road. John Brady
judgmental hard
I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental. Jane Fonda
judgment should judgment-of-others
I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am. Barbara Deming
judgment liar thief
Milosevic, who in my judgment is a liar and a thief and a scoundrel, Lawrence Eagleburger
judgmental cop behavior
Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous. Barbara Sher
judgments translate vote
Shareholders will be able to make better judgments about compensation, and that can translate into how you vote for directors. Ed Durkin
judgment rush
What you've had here . . . is not a rush to judgment -- it's a stampede to judgment, Arlen Specter
lest stands wander
Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still. William Hazlitt
lest lives supposed
The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms. Tammy Faye Bakker
lest substance
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop
lestat vampire-lestat changes-over-time
None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are. Anne Rice