Quotes about brief
brief collected composed novelist overall structure texts various
I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts. Italo Calvino
brief increased warning
Most of us know when we are about to react emotionally. We can feel it. Often there is a brief warning before the amygdala hijack. For some of us, it is butterflies in the stomach; for some, it is an increased heart rate, and for others, it is a feeling of agitation.
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We had brief discussions with the SG and his entourage. Michael Wilson
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Making music on TV used to be as common as commercials. In the '60s and '70s, prime time was stuffed with variety shows headlined by such major and treasured talents as Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, the Smothers Brothers and Richard Pryor, who had a very brief comedy-variety hour on NBC that was censored literally to death. Tom Shales
brief designer effortless girl respond role utterly wears whatever
A girl must have an indefinable magic, real character, a strong sense of self. Her role is to respond to the brief of a photographer or communicate the vision of a designer - while making whatever she does look utterly effortless and whatever she wears utterly seamless. Erin O'Connor
brief bring illuminate mission moment opposed struggles thoughts
It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here. Mandy Patinkin
brief evocative lost possibilities
Regret is a short, evocative and achingly beautiful word: an elegy to lost possibilities even in its brief annunciation. David Whyte
brief good lived visit
I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery. Marlon Wayans
brief changed ignoring people treating
Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're treating other people in our brief interactions with them. Tom Rath
brief minute move next preparing step work
The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on. Abby Wambach
brief editor either great moments playing satisfying screen suddenly technical turn
Screen is satisfying because it's so technical and mysterious. It's like playing roulette: you get a script, you think it's either great or naff, but you have no idea how it will really turn out. On stage, you are your own editor - and you get brief moments of grace, where suddenly you feel free. Toby Stephens
brief felt life music periods
Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge. Tom Jenkinson
brief companies england history message millions passed possibilities preserve states telegraph time united
For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should) preserve every message that passed through their wires. Millions of telegrams - in fireproof safes. Imagine the possibilities for history! James Gleick
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse. Naomi Wolf
brief drinking
We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road. Johnny Mercer
brief time
I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the processes come from the same source. From a brief I set myself I can make a film, I can make a collection, I can make an installation. Hussein Chalayan
brief period poetic works
For the most part, works of mine are untitled. There was a brief period where I had poetic titles for works, and they're embarrassing now. I think, for the most part, it's not something that I have talent for. Robert Gober
brief call document persons word
Persons who write a 10,000 word document and call it a brief Franz Kafka
brief build gardening generation hollywood idyllic looked maybe perfect settle successful time writer
A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening. Kage Baker
brief follow strength visual
My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is always the director's visual baby. John Abraham
brief hated outside people reporters treating tv
I hated my brief fame. We had TV vans camped outside my house, reporters hounded me... people i'd know for years started treating me differently.
brief minute performer period sort time
I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it's done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living. Jason Robert Brown
brief double extra flash huge meant start
I did have a brief flash of 'Oh no, not now, not here.' In a way it was a huge setback. It meant a little extra double poling for me at the start of my leg. But fortunately ... it wasn't insurmountable.
brief intend intention various
I have every intention of going around to more groups, ... I also intend to brief legislators on various levels.
brief life trailer
I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone. Kacey Musgraves
brief came learn
I came up professionally as a lawyer, and when you're a lawyer, writing a 50-page brief in one night is just another day at the office. You learn to make choices really quickly, and you learn how to get thoughts down very quickly. Marc Guggenheim
briefcase stuffed travel work
When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday. Ian Schrager
brief dozen half indeed papers presented
Out of fifty mathematical papers presented in brief at such a meeting, it is a rare mathematician indeed who really understands what more than half a dozen are about.
brief life longer realize
The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping. George Muller
brief kindness ten volumes
Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
brief conversation extent played sure
He just said, 'OK, Coach,' and that was the extent of it. It was a very brief conversation, and he was agreeable. I'm sure he's going to be professional. He's always played well under these circumstances. He's always responded the right way on the floor. Eddie Jordan
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We can get back to some type of normalcy we're used to here and get a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium where we can turn our guys loose and turn the fans loose and for a brief time, three, four, maybe six hours, people can forget some serious, serious problems. Skip Bertman
brief divine extent
There is no end of My divine manifestations, O Arjuna. This is only a brief description by Me of the extent of My divine manifestations.