A Quotes
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“A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.”
“A script like Nightcrawler gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision thats mine, which is exciting.”
“A ScrumMaster who takes teams beyond getting agile practices up and running into their deliberate and joyful pursuit of high performance is an agile coach.”
“A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.”
“A scrupulous writer in every sentence that he writes will ask himself. . . What am I trying to say? What words will express it?...And he probably asks himself. . . Could I put it more shortly? But you are not obliged to go to all this trouble. You can shirk it by simply throwing open your mind and letting the ready-made phrases come crowding in. They will construct your sentences for you”
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.”
Source: Let There Be Sculpture
“A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.”
“A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.”
“A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.”
“A scuola la signora Forbes mi disse che quando mia madre era morta era volata in cielo. Mi aveva raccontato questa cosa perché la signora Forbes è molto vecchia e crede nell’aldilà. Porta sempre i pantaloni della tuta perché sostiene che sono molto più comodi dei pantaloni normali. E ha una gamba leggermente più corta dell’altra a causa di un incidente in moto.
Quando mia madre è morta, però, non è andata in cielo perché il cielo non esiste.
Il marito della signora Peters è un prete che tutti chiamano il Reverendo Peters, e ogni tanto viene a trovarci a scuola per parlare un po’ con noi; un giorni gli chiesi dove fosse il cielo. - Non è nella nostra galassia. È un luogo a sè, - rispose.
Qualche volta il Reverendo Peters emette uno strano verso mentre pensa, una specie di ticchettio con la lingua. E fuma e si sente l’odore delle sigarette mentre tespira e a me dà fastidio.
Dissi che non c’era niente fuori dall’universo e che non poteva esistere un luogo a sè. A meno che non si attraversi un buco nero, ma un buco nero è ciò che si definisce una Singolarità, che significa che è impossibile scoprire cosa c’è dall’altra parte perché la forza di gravità di un buco nero è talmente potente che persino le onde elettromagnetiche come la luce non riescono a sfuggirle, e le onde elettromagnetiche sono il mezzo attraverso il quale riceviamo le informazioni su tutto ciò che è lontano da noi. Se il cielo si trovasse dall’altro lato di un buco nero i morti dovrebbero essere scaraventati nello spazio su dei razzi per arrivare fin lassù e così non è, altrimenti la gente se ne accorgerebbe.
Penso che le persone credano nell’aldilà perché detestano l’idea di morire, perché vogliono continuare a vivere e odiano pensare che altri loro simili possano trasferirsi in casa loro e buttare tutte le loro cose nel bidone della spazzatura.
Il Reverendo Peters spiegò: - Be’, quando dico che il cielo è fuori dall’universo è solo un modo di dire. Immagino che ciò che significa veramente è che i defunti sono con Dio.
- Ma Dio dov’è?
Allora il Reverendo Peters tagliò corto dicendo che avremmo fatto meglio a discuterne in un altro momento, quando avessimo avuto più tempo a disposizione.
Ciò che di fatto avviene quando una persona muore è che il cervello smette di funzionare e il corpo si decompone, come quando morí Coniglio e noi lo seppellimmo in fondo al giardino. E tutte le sue molecole si frantumarono in altre molecole e si sparsero nella terra e vennero mangiate dai vermi e defluirono nelle piante, e se tra 10 anni andremo a scavare nello stesso punto non troveremo altro che il suo scheletro. E tra 1000 anni anche il suo scheletro sarà scomparso. Ma va bene ugualmente perché adesso lui è parte dei fiori e del melo e del cespuglio di biancospino.
Quando una persona muore qualche volta viene messa in una bara, che significa che il suo corpo non si unirà alla terra per moltissimo tempo, finché anche il legno della bara non marcirà.
Mia madre però fu cremata. Questo vuol dire che è stata messa in una bara e bruciata e polverizzata per poi trasformarsi in cenere e fumo. Non so cosa capiti alla cenere e non potei fare domande al cimitero perché non andai al funerale. Però so che il fumo esce da lcamino e si disperde nell’aria e allora qualche volta guardo il cielo e penso che ci siano delle molecole di mia madre lassù, o nelle nuvole sopra l’Africa o l’Antartico, oppure che scendano sotto forma di pioggia nelle foreste pluviali del Brasile, o si trasformino in neve da qualche parte, nel mondo.”
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“A sea captain when he stands upon the bridge, or looks out from his deck-house, thinks much about God and about the world. Away in the valley yonder among the corn and the poppies men may well forget all things except the warmth of the sun upon the face, and the kind shadow under the hedge; but he who journeys through storm and darkness must needs think and think.”
Source: The Celtic Twilight
“A sea level adapted armed police officer at high altitude that has developed altitude sickness can legally return to sea level to treat the condition under health and safety law.”
“A sea level adapted armed police officer can legally refuse to venture above 10,000 feet in altitude on the grounds of health and safety.”
“A sea level adapted armed police officer can legally refuse to work at high altitude if they have pre-existing health conditions.”
“A sea level adapted armed police officer should leave to sea level at the first signs of altitude sickness.”
“A sea level adapted armed police officer that has developed altitude sickness should excuse themselves from duty and leave to sea level to treat it.”
“A sea level adapted armed police officer would be wise not to venture above Hale Pohaku at 9,300-foot (2,800 m) on Mauna Kea due to altitude sickness and the associated health and safety problems that it may cause.”
“A sea level adapted human being injured at high altitude is undesirable and may have long term health consequences.”
“A sea level adapted human is not mentally fit to fire a gun above 10,000 feet in altitude.”
“A sea level adapted human that drives from near sea level up to the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in the space of two hours, spends the day there and the descends in one and a half hours should expect to develop a myriad of long term health issues.”
“A sea level adapted police officer with a gun above 10,000 feet in altitude is a really bad idea.”
“A sea of dead infected surrounded him like a pile of sandbags in a machinegun nest.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“A sea of people in red crowded around it. I looked at
Mallory’s black hoodie and my gray sweater and realized we’d forgotten to wear the school colors. Oh, well. There was always my hair.”
Source: Perception
“A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have to let her go. I won't tell anyone over the phone, because I didn't like hearing the news from the doctor that way. I have maybe a week to handle the arrangements, as the doctor said, but the arrangements are overwhelming. How do I learn how to run a family? How do I say goodbye to someone I love so much that I've forgotten just how much I love her?”
“A sea of unspoken words; waiting for a reason to meet the shore for the first time.”
Source: Profound Reverie
“A sea urchin in its spiky shell. Saffron-orange flesh cupped in a shell of black spines, served on a bed of green conifer leaves.”
Source: A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts
“A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges dead on their backs, and starving ponies cropping the mud. It is a landscape running with outcasts and escapees, with Afghans, Turks and Kurds: with scapegoats, scarred with bottle and burn marks, limping from the cities with broken ribs. The life forms here are rejects, or anomalies: the cats tipped from speeding cars, and the Heathrow sheep, their fleece clotted with the stench of aviation fuel.”
“A seagull flying beautifully is heaven; a seagull hunting an innocent fish is hell! Existence is heaven and hell, joy and horror!”
“A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.”
Source: The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
“A sealed book, at whose contents we tremble.”
Source: Life and literary remains of L.E.L. [ed.] by L. Blanchard
“A seamlessly told and scrupulously detailed history of the Hartsoe clan of Haw County, North Carolina, Love and Lament is that rare novel that brings the gritty, rural past to vivid life. I could very nearly smell the moonshine (the moonshiners too!). Pass a few hours with Mary Bet Hartsoe and family. You won't regret it.”
“A search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.”
“A search can either damage or undamaged the soul”
“A search engine can determine who shall live and who shall die.”
“A* search for the certain puzzle that fits your mind. A certain quality out of matrix, an emerge of reality and divine. Persistent sustained look and fixed mind is the rebirth, the start of sanity, the start of rise.”
“A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.”
“A search of one's life and soul will reveal the hand of God. The outpouring of his blessings come with our afflictions, not in spite of them. Afflictions be praised!”
“A season is a season, regardless of the number of games.”
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God.”
“A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.”
Source: It's Not About Me: Rescue From the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy
“A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She is both maternal and playful. Assured, alluring, and resourceful.”
Source: Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life
“A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She is both maternal and playful. Assured, alluring, and resourceful. She is less likely to have an agenda than a young woman-no biological clock tick-tocking beside her lover's bed, no campaign to lead him to the altar, no rescue fantasies. The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long a she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second half of her life, despite failures and false starts.”
Source: Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life
“A seat at the table does not guarantee a voice—only proximity.”
“A seat at the table is desired. But I'll scream from the street if I need to.”
“A Seattle lawyer once interrupted his lengthy cross-examination of a witness and exclaimed, "Your Honor, one of the jurors is asleep." "You put him to sleep," replied the judge. "Suppose you wake him up."”
“A seaworthy name,” he acknowledged, tipping his hat. “And this here be Battersby. He goes where I go, rain or shine.”
Source: Peter
“A sec ret is but a betrayal waiting to happen.”
Source: The Oversight
“A second ago is gone, and a second from now might be. Now is all you've got. Go for it!”