Quotes about figure
figures genre
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.
figured places raised san streets whatever
It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C. Edward P. Jones
figure mainstream science understand words
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope - at least as I understand the usage - is more: science used other than literally. Edward M. Lerner
figure function god living people rational scientist since
Ever since the Enlightenment, people thought that we were living in a rational universe. They thought that God was a mathematician and that the function of the scientist was to figure out the mathematical rules whereby the universe was created. Eric Kandel
figures
I like to keep my girlish figure Billie Joe Armstrong
figure mobile refused relevant time took until
I refused to do a lot on mobile Internet until around 2009. But because we didn't start early, it took us some time to figure out what's the important thing, what's the most relevant thing for Baidu. Robin Li
figure gotta investing money spent studio time videos
When you're an artist, if you get a 10-year run-some are over 10 years - and you're successful, if you make over $20 million, then you gotta figure the money that you dished out and you spent on videos and studio time and all that stuff, you were just better off investing $4 or $5 million. Wyclef Jean
figured god lead leads
When I got the call, first thing I did was, I thanked God, ... I figured that if God leads you to it, God will lead you through it. Scott McKenzie
figure inside marines normal pace
When the Marines do the math, they figure they can get the most out of Pfc. Pace in six- or seven-month deployments inside a normal four-year commitment.
figures guiding modern people spend
When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.' Twyla Tharp
figure until washington
We won't figure out our lineup until we get to Washington and go through warm-ups before the meet.
figured follow hey hold onto pockets
(Olivia) would hold onto my pockets and follow me like a caboose. Then she figured out, hey I can do that.
figure putting second since work
Since we have split, if we work hard, and if I can figure everything out; putting swimmers into the right events, we could take second if not first.
figure parts people sit talk trust
sit down and talk to people in my district. I will talk to family. ... I will trust the people. They'll figure out what they think of this, what parts of it are important. Gary Condit
figured good hung job until
She (Jackson) did a really good job out there today. She hung in there early, until she figured out the wind.
figure imposing
She may not be the most imposing figure on the field, but no one comes to play like she does.
figure good guard point
We're good at the guard position, but I don't think you can have two point guards. I think you need one. We've got to figure out who we're going to play there. Kelvin Sampson
figured fort game shoot tried until worked
We tried some different things, but in the end we can't play a half-court game with Fort Thomas. We figured we'd get up and down and shoot the three, and it worked up until that one point.
figures games good hard maybe
We're 18-2 and it doesn't feel that way. I don't know why. Maybe because you know how many games are really hard to play in and you just keep thinking, 'This is really hard.' If someone figures out what we're not good at, it's good night, Irene. Geno Auriemma
figure job
The FAA's job is to figure out a way to make the airspace work, Bob Filner
figured infected looking people second seeing wave
There is a wave of people looking for infected machines. We are getting into the second wave of infections. We haven't figured what they are doing. But we are seeing a very big wave of scanning.
figured
When I figured out I had to write a book, I wasn't afraid.
figure hit strange
When I did hit a fairway, I three-putted. Go figure that one out. It doesn't make sense. Strange game.
figure months particular sort took
When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.
figure hardest trying
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic. Jason Robert Brown
figured might
We were close. I figured that if we could make them think they might lose, we could win.
figure fill needed pairs spend
We needed about 200 pairs to fill the closet, and you figure $500 a pair - well, you just can't go and spend $100,000 on shoes, so you do what you can,
figure oil people report watching
We need confirmation of heating oil demand. People will be watching that figure when the report is published.
figure trying
We need to be better (at the plate), but we we are just trying to figure out what is going on. It's just experience. I think we'll be alright.
figure
Let's see if we can figure out a way out of here.
figure god pray
Let's pray to God the figure will grow.
figure hood last people products wow
Last year, people wanted to get under the hood and figure out which products would wow us next.
figure game leave media singled stays team walls
leave it to y'all in the media to figure out who got singled out. This is still a team game and what's said between these walls stays between these walls.