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reading
I think that's not reading because there's nothing there to be read, Harold Bloom
reading writing imagination
Suddenly the whole imagination of writing and editorial and newspaper and all these presumptions about who am I reading this, and who else other people may be, and all that, it's so grimly brutal! Robert Creeley
reading mean kids
The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it.
reading sea library
We are digital archives of the African Pliocene, even of Devonian seas; walking repositories of wisdom out of the old days. You could spend a lifetime reading in this ancient library and die unsated by the wonder of it. Richard Dawkins
reading character may
Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors. Richard Whately
reading ideas excellence
My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues. But whenever I become absorbed in the beauty of a face, in the excellence of a single feature, I feel I've lost what's really there been seduced by someone else's standard of beauty or by the sitter's own idea of the best in him. That's not usually the best. So each sitting becomes a contest. Richard Avedon
reading knows
I know not how to abstain from reading. Samuel Pepys
reading men fleas
A man who attempts to read all the new productions must do as the flea does,--skip. Samuel Rogers
reading exercise television-watching
Reading not only enlarges and challenges the mind; it also engages and exercises the brain. Today's youth who sits mesmerized by a television screen is not going to be tomorrow's leader. Television watching is passive. Reading is active. Richard M. Nixon
expression music relief sang
I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment. Q-Tip
expression gene major separates
We think gene expression is a major part of what separates chimps and humans. E. B. White
expression individuality violence
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality. Richard Wright
expression talking years
When you say ‘old friend,’ are we talking, like...since the Ice Age?” “No. Of course not.” “Oh.” “It’s only been about four hundred years.” “Ah. Yes. Only four hundred.” A wry expression spread over his face. “Being with you is a continual experiment in perspective. Among other things. Richelle Mead
expression people mind
Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none. Rose Kennedy
expression mirrors worry
Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror. Rick Riordan
expression your-side hey
I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I’m on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do? Probably my expression actually conveyed: It’s not my fault! Please do not kill me!
expression people different
People make films for different reasons. For money. Or, they make them because something in them demands artistic expression. I do it because I enjoy the work. Woody Allen
expression default homicidal
Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression. Sarah Rees Brennan
sounds
He didn't want to go. Sounds just like coach. Ben Howland
sound
I think we see her as a 3. We're pretty sound at the 1-2 positions. Chris Sienko
sounds
I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true. Martin Freeman
sound
I didn't want it to sound like a pastiche of Andersen, Elvis Costello
sounds
I'd like to say that I said that because it sounds lovely. But I have no recollection that I said that. Robert Blake
sounds talk
I did talk to him (after the angioplasty) and he sounds wonderful.
sound
I don't know where that sound comes from,
sound tough forget
It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around. Robert Crais
sound variables littles
With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you are performing, whereas the only variable with a film premiere is technical, which invariably you have very little control over, whether the sound is good, whether the acoustics of the room are good. Richard Ayoade