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“Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me what good technique is. I mean, you sit down, you shut up, and you pay attention is basically the good technique. And then the footnotes add; on an empty stomach, in a dark room, feeling comfortable.”

Kind Mean Feelings Seems Dark Rooms Pay Attention Comfortable Empty Add Obvious Technique Pay Attention Stomach Shut Up Reluctant Dark Room Footnotes Empty Stomach

Author:Terence McKenna

“DMT seems to argue, convincingly I might add, that the world is made entirely of something, for want of a better word, we would have to call magic.”

World Want Made Seems Might Magic Add Arguing Dmt

Author:Terence McKenna

“Never lower your price, add value.”

Values Add

Author:Grant Cardone

“Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.”

Doe Said Sight Praise Blame Add Holiness Better Than You

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“Such exceptional suffering and calamity, then, affecting the hero, and-we must now add-generally extending far and wide beyond him, so as to make the whole scene a scene of woe, are an essential ingredient in tragedy and a chief source of the tragic emotions, and especially of pity. But the proportions of this ingredient, and the direction taken by tragic pity, will naturally vary greatly.”

Whole Suffering Emotion Taken Source Hero Scene Essentials Tragedy Add Wide Pity Chiefs Proportion Tragic Ingredients Woe Exceptional Calamity Vary Extending

Author:A. C. Bradley

“My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.”

Ifs Want Kind Different Modern Middle Style Periods Add My Favorite Mediocre Favorites Things Mixing Decorating

Author:Nate Berkus

“I'm a good collaborative writer. I can usually come in and add a couple lines to something, and add a riff or a B-section, or a bridge that will tie things together. I can do stuff like that. But to write a whole song, I don't have the patience for that, I guess.”

Writing I Can Whole Together Song Stuff Can Do Lines Couple Add Bridges Ties Sections

Author:James Young

“Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story, so we went all the way up to an hour and forty-seven minutes. After that, I made some additional cuts and now we are where we are.”

Way Firsts Made Stories Wanted Hours Cutting Minutes Directors Add Seven Studios Forty One Minute

Author:Kim Jee-woon

“I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting, which you should never do in stop-motion animation. With this, it was a much smoother ship, so I wasn't getting sent the scratch reels of things.”

Should Song Five Changed Add Convinced Ships Shooting Scratches Animation

Author:John August

“As the actors on the show we rarely get an opportunity to, as I said we get the scripts the night before but we have great producers on this show, so every once and a while matt or mike will say "I want to take the character in a different direction this season, what do you think about this?" and we do sort of get to add to it and feed it.”

Thinking Want Said Different Character Shows Night Actors Opportunity Seasons Add Scripts Producers Mike Different Directions

Author:Rachael MacFarlane

“I never make suggestions. I really don't. I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.”

Knows Want Actors Stuff Add Impressed Amazed Suggestions

Author:Naomie Harris

“It is incredibly daunting to take on a live-action story. I think that it adds a level of complexity to the responsibility that goes beyond what I've experienced on these two films (The Lorax and Horton Hears a Who).”

Thinking Two Stories Action Film Levels Responsibility Add Complexity

Author:Christopher Meledandri

“When you are ready to make your first hires, look for people who understand your passion, want to add to your ideas and can envision ways to make improvements.”

People Way Want Firsts Looks Ideas Passion Ready Add Improvement

Author:Richard Branson

“When people want to sound smart, they add syllables to words, words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to books. They try to make up in quantity and complexity what they lack in quality. That's bullshit! They're just hiding their bullshit!”

People Want Trying Book Sound Quality Smart Add Sentences Complexity Hiding Quantity Bullshit Paragraph Syllables

Author:Robert McKee

“But though a funded debt is not in the first instance, an absolute increase of Capital, or an augmentation of real wealth; yet by serving as a New power in the operation of industry, it has within certain bounds a tendency to increase the real wealth of a Community, in like manner as money borrowed by a thrifty farmer, to be laid out in the improvement of his farm may, in the end, add to his Stock of real riches.”

Source: The Political Economy of the American Revolution

“As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.”

World Writing I Can Ideas Might Jobs Values Actors Can Do Scene Add Scripts Ruins Vague Quirks Vague Ideas

Author:Sally Phillips

“I love this book! There are very few cookbooks published today that add something truly new and distinctive to the literature of food and cooking. Jennifer McLagan's Fat is a smart, thoughtful book that ultimately asks us to understand our food better.”

Book Today Asks Literature Smart Cooking Add Fats Thoughtful Distinctive Jennifer Cookbook

Author:Michael Ruhlman

“You come from the city and think small means simple when all it realy means is complicated in a smaller place. Which sometimes adds to the complication.”

Thinking Mean Sometimes Simple Cities Add Complicated Complication

Author:Carol Anshaw

“We are overwhelmed as it is, with an infinite abundance of vaunted medicaments, and here they add another one.”

Infinite Add Abundance Overwhelmed

Book:The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.

Source: The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.

“Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.”

Children Whole Wonderful Add Whole Life

Author:Ziggy Marley

“The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.”

Men Born Party Equal Constitution Add British Socialist American Constitution Socialist Party

Book:チャ-チル名言集

Source: チャ-チル名言集

“Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.”

World Cost Add

Book:Time Enough for Love

Source: Time Enough for Love

“All the little things add up. Whether they were positive or negative, eventually you either see the amazing result or the biggest let down.”

Littles Results Negative Add Little Things Let Down

Author:Behdad Sami

“It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.”

Easier Add Clicks

Author:Bill Gates

“You must have the confidence to override people with more credentials than you whose cognition is impaired by incentive-caused bias or some similar psychological force that is obviously present. But there are also cases where you have to recognize that you have no wisdom to add - and that your best course is to trust some expert.”

People Courses Force Cases Add Psychological Experts Bias Incentives Cognition Credentials

Author:Charlie Munger

“If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn't need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it's got to be 'The Curious Case Of ,' where I've lived my life backwards. I'd like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn't be quite right.”

Ifs Needs Play Lasts Cases Months Six Hollywood Add Curious Backwards Six Months

Author:Jenson Button

“The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.”

Children Ignorance Weakness Bases Add Terror Reasonable Indignation Loveliness Enchanting Bystanders

Book:Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters

Source: Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters

“We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to the richness and variety of this country. The moment the minority threatens to become a big one, people get frightened.”

People Way Country Moments Bigs Nations Add British Variety Characteristics Minorities Frightened Richness

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.”

World Hard Night Culture House Force Parent Saws Youth Instruments Add Guitar Thanks Icons Irresistible Youth Culture Hard Days Irresistible Force

Author:Pat Metheny

“I also thought the music was a huge contribution, in terms of creating the scale of that. And, I was impressed with just how natural and fluid the world looks. The world is so artificial and it requires so much work to make all the different pieces add up together, but when it comes together, it just looks effortless. It's amazing.”

World Looks Different Together Term Natural Pieces Huge Creating Add Scales Contribution Artificial Impressed Fluid Effortless

Author:James Frain

“Ice is remarkable in many ways. A simple experiment one can do at home is to add salt to an amount of water in different concentrations. For example, one can mimic the concentration of the ocean, or one can make it even saltier.”

Way Different Home Water Can Do Simple Example Amount Ocean Add Experiments Ice Remarkable Concentration Salt

Author:Ira Flatow

“I mean, 3-D adds a whole level of 'oh my goodness' to the movie in good ways and bad ways that you have to deal with. We've overcome any obstacle that we've ever had because we have a great 3-D crew, Max and the guys at Paradise 3-D.”

Way Mean Whole Guy Levels Deals Goodness Overcoming Add Obstacles Paradise Crew Max Good Way

Author:Todd Farmer

“It's the best part of the whole movie. John Malkovich with a pink pig is - you can't get better than that. Then John Malkovich alone and then you add a pink pig.”

Whole Add Get Better Pigs

Author:Mary-Louise Parker

“During the preproduction when I'm shooting and then once we wrap we go away. And then the visual effects guys take over. And then they add all those little bits and pieces. They come up with ideas during the cut in the editing, and they said while would be really cool if we did this thing here where the blade pops out. So then you see the movie and say wow that's a really neat idea. I wish we would have thought of that.”

“You always have three movies that you have to reduce into one. You have the screenplay. And then, you do a workshop and you add more scenes. And then, on the day you shoot, there's more action and interaction. It's like a souffle. It has a tendency to just grow and explode, and it's just too long.”

Long Action Three Grows Scene Add Tendencies Interaction Screenplays Workshops Souffle

Author:Louis Leterrier

“There is hardly anything more confusing than a really strong-willed woman and when you are surrounded by two of them in the midst of trying to save the world, it really adds to some drama!”

World Trying Two Strong Drama Add Midst Confusing Save The World Strong Willed

Author:Austin Butler

“It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It keeps building and building when you add the lyrics, the instruments, the vocals until you finally reach the finished song other people can enjoy.”

People Want Writing Ideas Stories Song Process Enjoy Seeing Building Instruments Add Finished Writing Process Vocal

Author:Manika

“When a woman wants to look festive, she should add some shine, sheen or sparkle to her outfit, like a metallic clutch, an embellished shoe, or a blingy statement necklace.”

Want Should Looks Add Shining Shoes Statements Sparkle Women Want Clutch Necklaces Festive Metallic

Author:Clinton Kelly

“You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.”

Way Wells Use Bits Silence Confidence Skills Increase Add Comedian Height Tension Contrast Pitcher Good Way Complement Fastballs Curveballs

Book:Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy

Source: Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy

“I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain.”

Way Years I Can Deals Brain Fit Add

Author:Kevin Rose

“Honestly, you got to take care of the people that take care of you. I know that sounds like cliche, or borderline phony, but that's the case. The reason I've had the fans that I have is because I've been consistent over the years and kept coming back and doing the same runs. I'm never going to stop doing the cities I've gone through. I'm only going to add.”

People Knows Years Reason Care Running Sound Cities Cases Gone Fans Add Take Care Honestly Consistent Coming Back Cliche Phony Borderline

Author:Gabriel Iglesias

“If you're able to build from your falls you'll be unstoppable and damn near fearless. You see, every time you fall down and get back up, you add another piece of body armor to yourself. You learn what not to do, how to do better, and how to create comfort through practice.”

Ifs Body Able Fall Practice Pieces Comfort Down And Add Fearless Damn Get Back Falling Down Armor Unstoppable

Book:The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

Source: The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

“I feel most sexy when everything comes together! I like to maintain myself by going to the gym, I love the gym. I also feel most confident when I feel most beautiful inside - it shows on the outside! If I don't feel like putting on makeup to leave the house, I just add a slick of lipstick to make myself feel sexy”

Ifs Feels Shows Together Beautiful House Add Sexy Makeup Gym Lipstick Slick Beautiful Inside

Author:Irina Shayk

“Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?”

Thinking Facts Problem Kids America Young Games Decision Accepting Add Complexes Solve Video Decision Making Executives Involving Complex Problems

Author:Naveen Jain

“For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have to play things that haven't been played before. It becomes a balance of knowing the tradition and using your own original voice to add to it.”

Knows Play Voice Chance Knowing Study Havens Balance Tradition Originals Add Take A Chance Spontaneity

Author:Dave Kikoski

“Photographs offer more than decisive moments. They are not alone, they add and subtract and change with time. They are metaphors for our lives... Even a static photograph can change in the blink of a day or decade.”

Moments Our Lives Offers Add Photograph Metaphor Decades Not Alone Static Blink Decisive Moments

Author:Edmundo Desnoes

“Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.”

Wells Running Loses Gains Bases Add Caught Stealing Runners

Author:Bill James

“It is sometimes desirable to distort or accentuate with lenses of various focal lengths... Deliberate distortion may actually add to its reality.”

May Sometimes Reality Add Various Length Desirable Lenses Deliberate Distortion Accentuate

Author:Arthur Rothstein

“I do not propose to add anything to what has already been written concerning the loss of the "Lady Vain."”

Loss Written Add Vain Propose

Book:The Island of Dr. Moreau

Source: The Island of Dr. Moreau

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