T Quotes
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“That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated.”
“That's true of every form of literature - each writer brings new things to it because each of us is an individual.”
“That's true that I'm "not religious as that term is conventionally understood," though I've never been an atheist. Atheism is an active faith; it says, "I believe there is no God." But I don't know what I believe. I was brought up a Lutheran in Jamestown, North Dakota. I have trouble with faith. I'm not proud of this. I don't think it makes me an intellectual. I would believe if I could, and I may be able to before it's over. I would welcome that.”
“That's true that Sen. Robert Bird was in the Klan and a lot of people were friends of Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans.”
“That's true, because I'm a photographer now.”
“That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.”
“That's true. Chairman Meow deserves my every effort.”
“That's twice he (Terry Phelan) has got between himself and the goal.”
“That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down”
“That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.”
“That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available, to direct attention away from the roots of the distress which you're suffering. This combines with xenophobia, white supremacy, racism, misogyny, and other quite unpleasant phenomena which are far from being eradicated. All of this makes for a pretty dangerous brew. But economic issues are right in the center of it. And you can see this in the fact that so many former Obama voters now voted for Trump, or just didn't bother voting.”
“That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.”
“That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy.”
“That's usually how they start, the young ones. Meaningless waffle.”
Source: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: Amulet of Samarkand, The (International Edition)
“That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.”
“That's usuаllу hоw thеу start, thе young оnеs. Meaningless waffle.”
“That's Venus, September thought. She was the goddess of love. It's nice that love comes on first thing in the evening, and goes out last in the morning. Love keeps the light on all night.”
Source: The Fairyland Series
“That's very clear today. No, you wouldn't, respectfully. How exactly did [Republicans] win? How exactly did we win? I'd like to know. Because I sacrificed the last four months of my life to do it, excuse me, and we did it. And we did it by looking at the schedule and looking at, yes, the electoral map of 270 because that's how you win the presidency.”
“That's very cool. Absolutely! You want to know where this guy came from, but you also want to know about the relationship between him and Quill, and how they ended up living together, for the last 18 or 19 years, without killing one another. He's a strong young man, and it's because of Yondu.”
“That's very cool. Well, that's great. If I were to cater to Kanye, he would know that I'm catering to him. The fact that I make what I make - he gets it. He gets the quality and he respects it. And I think that's the key, why I work all the time is to do that. That's the fun.”
“That's very different, picking up the impulse instead of picking up the cue.”
Source: Sanford Meisner on Acting
“That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.”
Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“That's very hard because there's three of them that mean a LOT to me equally. 'Lissie's Heart Murmur' was one of the first songs that we ever wrote - it was one of the first songs, at the very very very beginning of our band and I've always wanted to see and hear that song recorded and turned into something and it finally was and is!”
“That's very important to me as well: presentation and how people perceive you, the visual of how things look, your posture. I learned that from [Bob] Fosse and Jerome Robbins, from all the great theater directors and the Busby Berkeleys. You overdeliver: visually, emotionally.”
“That's very indicative to me of one of the things that really creates an aversion for me about having a child - this idea that every decision you make in your life has to be dictated by the child. And yet, I believe that if you choose to have a child you have an absolute primary responsibility to create a safe, loving environment.”
“That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.”
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“That's very rude," Myrnin said. "I haven't brought my fangs our for some time. Not in mixed company, anyway.”
“That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired.”
“That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.”
“That's what [Abraham] Lincoln said. "The white man will always be above the black man. I don't want them to run for office, or have political rights, or vote. I want them to go back to Africa."”
“That's what [Frank] Sinatra did. He was the first artist to come out in a major way against anti-Semitism and racial bigotry. And those are huge things back in the 50s and 60s and 70s - and he was doing this in the 40s.”
“That's what a community is: taking for granted certain assumptions, not having to start from zero every time. This is no longer true.”
“That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.”
Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties
“That's what a conscience is made of, scar tissue ... Little strips and pieces of remorse sewn together year by year until they formed a distinctive pattern, a design for living.”
Source: Do Evil in Return
“That's what a DJ is at the end of the day - someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that's changed is that in America, people have woken up in the last few years and realized it.”
“That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with.”
“That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good film does for me, anyway. That process, I enjoy. It just makes for entertaining characters and entertaining films.”
“That's what a story must feel like to me. It's not, "I want to write about a gravedigger." But you're walking along and - boop! shovel. "Ok, what does one do with a shovel? Digs a hole. Why? I don't know yet. Dig the hole! Oh, look a body."”
“That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.”
“That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.”
“That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.”
“That's what acting is all about - it's all about bringing truth from your own life, and putting it into your characters. If you have the advantage of using your own life in your work, that's always the way to go.”
“That's what acting is, it's exploring conflict.”
“That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.”
“That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a family where your dad had been imprisoned, had been tortured, and came to America with nothing, washing dishes for 50 cents an hour. That was perhaps the most formative experience of my childhood, is being raised in that household where freedom had an urgency.”
“That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart.”
Source: The Time Traveler's Wife
“That's what all love comes down to, doesn't it? We help others only as much as they let us.”
Source: The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths
“That's what all painting is about, it”s space and light occupied by human presences.”
“That's what all these studios do: They recruit people who've seen certain films. It's this weird, fake science-y thing the studios call a "tool." That's a very scary process, because it can be used in odd ways. But then there's focus groups and stuff like that. I was so nauseous and terrified, and then you get the cards: very good, good, recommend.”