“A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we still use today, like ‘Robert’, and in some case I tweaked them a little bit. I made ‘Edward’ into ‘Eddard’. If you look back at medieval times, no one knew how to spell their own names. There are a lot of variations that we’ve lost.” IfsLooksLittlesMadeStillsUseTodayWantedNamesLostBitsDifficultCasesFantasyToo MuchLittle BitEnglandSpellsVariationMedievalFlavourMedieval Times Author:George R. R. Martin
“I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security.” LittlesUseBitsIssuesSecurityLittle BitUrgesNational SecurityCaution Author:Theodore Stevens
“I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.” SaidUseLightBitsVoiceStepsHeardEssentials Author:India.Arie
“Up until I came here this week, and I met so many women and young girls who feel, to use their word - and I'm a bit embarrassed, but it's a good word - empowered, by watching. I realized this isn't a burden, this is an honor.” FeelsUseYoungGirlBitsWeekHonorMetsBurdenI RealizedEmbarrassedEmpoweredGood Words Author:Lucy Lawless
“I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally.” DoneUseBitsEnjoyPaintingAccidentsAllowingCanvasJumping Author:Myfanwy Pavelic
“[With quantum computers] you can calculate how many bits are in the universe, how much energy it takes to flip them, how much energy exists, and use that to rule out lots of things about the universe's history. Anything that takes more bit flips couldn't have happened.” UseUniverseEnergyBitsHappenedComputerQuantumFlip Author:Seth Lloyd
“With a little persuasion, any familiar thing can turn abnormal in the mind. Here's a thought experiment. Consider this brutal bit of magic. A human grows a second human in a space inside her belly; she grows a second heart and a second brain, second eyes and second limbs, a complete set of second body parts as if for use as spares, and then, after almost a year, she expels that second screaming being out of her belly and into the world, alive. Bizarre, isn't it?” IfsWorldYearsMindHumansHeartLittlesUseBodyEyeTurnsGrowsBitsSpaceBrainAliveMagicExperimentsFamiliarBrutalSparesPersuasionBizarreBellyLimbsAbnormalFamiliar Things Book:The Age of Miracles: A Novel Source: The Age of Miracles: A Novel
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a complete panorama. Now, 163 years later, I was able to use his great invention to elaborate on his youthful dream of capturing and fixing the fleeting image. In doing so, I may also have added another little bit to the soul of this extraordinary place.” IfsYearsMayLittlesMadeTwoSoulUseDreamAbleFeltBitsTalentLittle BitFilledExtraordinaryPhotographerDrawingInventionMore TimeFoxesFleetingFixingIntervalsPanoramaGreat InventionsFilled In Book:Permutations on the picturesque Source: Permutations on the picturesque
“And then you bit onto them, and learned once again that Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler could find a use for bits of an animal that the animal didn't know it had got. Dibbler had worked out that with enough fried onions and mustard people would eat anything.” PeopleKnowsEnoughUseBitsAnimalCuttingFoodCookingCulinaryThroatDiscworldOnionsMustard Author:Terry Pratchett
“Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.” TryingHeartChildrenUseBitsFiguresDisciplineProtectIntuitionRaising ChildrenForesight Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign - I can't remember which designer - and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: 'We'd like to use you, but can you come back next year when you've lost this.' And he tapped the underside of his chin.” YearsSaidI CanUseBigsRememberNextLostBitsActingCampaignsDesignerModelingNext YearChinsPortfolios Author:Rupert Penry-Jones
“I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children.” ThinkingWantShouldChildrenUseFatherNamesWishStarsGrowsBitsStepsGrowing UpFieldsShadowMy ChildrenMovie StarDowners Author:Shahrukh Khan
“We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is perhaps for this reason that anthropologists have not shown much interest in these models, unlike economists, for example, for whom the use of mathematics poses no problem. However, one could reach the same conclusions by using just a bit of common sense.” ReasonUseProblemBitsInterestCommonExampleReaderModelsAdvantageMathematicsCommon SenseConclusionEconomistNo ProblemAppreciatedPrecisionAnthropologists Author:Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
“Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the sensorial worlds as access points or pathways to ineffability.” WorldLittlesDifferentUseFormBitsBuddhismLittle BitAccessPathwaysTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just use their own personality to embody the character.” LittlesCharacterUseActorsBitsPersonalityLittle BitQualifications Author:Michel Gondry
“A lot of times I use live musicians, but I don't want it to have that live funky sound so I'll just take the best loop of a drum part and repeat it over and over and over again so that there's consistency and it feels a little bit more programmed. But I have a love/hate relationship with comping as well.” WantFeelsWellsLittlesUseHateBitsSoundLittle BitMusicianRepeatsConsistencyLove HateLoopsFunkyLove Hate Relationship Author:Solange Knowles
“I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or “grim” or “gritty,” I just think, “Oh, come on, look a bit deeper.” My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsLooksI CanUseFilmPassionEasyBitsWonderDeeperGrimMeterBleakRelay Races Author:Andrea Arnold
“I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it's graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It's a wonderful thing.” KnowsUseFilmBitsPsychologyWonderfulStorytellingFilmmakerCompositionWonderful ThingsLove MakingDecorating Author:Barbra Streisand
“My music is just fresh. Everybody say it's a breath of fresh air because it's not like the normal Houston sound you would hear. I am from Houston and I use that same slang and I carry myself the same way as a Houstonian and I'm a Houston dude born and raised, but the music is a lil bit different due to the things I've seen and the things I've learned and put that into my music.” WayDifferentUseBitsSoundBornAirNormalMusic IsBreathsRaisedDuesI've LearnedFresh AirHoustonThings I've LearnedSlangBorn And Raised Author:Short Dawg
“I use two million Twitter followers as a tool. The reason I have Twitter is so people can get to know me as a different person other than Dwight. I just realized all of the sudden like everything thinks I'm Dwight. They think that I'm Dwight from the office and that I'm this kind of annoying, difficult, nerdy, creepy guy and they don't know Rainn Wilson - although I'm a little bit nerdy, annoying and creepy. I'm not as much as Dwight Schrute.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindLittlesPersonsTwoDifferentReasonUseGuyBitsDifficultMillionsOfficeLittle BitToolsFollowersAnnoyingKnow MeCreepyWilsonNerdyDwightGet To Know MeJust Realized Author:Rainn Wilson
“I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.” UseHomeBodyLightBitsLike YouYogaWeightWork OutCoreGymCardioCardiovascular ExerciseBody WeightCalisthenics Author:Vidya Balan
“I see a lot of people use the Paleo diet as an excuse to eat bacon for every meal. That's a bit much.” PeopleUseBitsExcuseDietsMealsPaleo Diet Author:Chris Mohr
“It's best to lay out your makeup as you would when planning your outfit. If you're using a brightening primer, then be judicious with your use of shimmer and sparkly things. I like to play with texture a bit, so you can always find a balance.” IfsPlayUseBitsBalanceLaysPlanningMakeupTextureShimmer Author:Tim Quinn
“You are [as an actor] aware that you don't want to repeat stuff, but you want to use what has worked. But you don't want to be accused of just going over the old thing, you know? You want it to start growing a little bit more.” KnowsWantLittlesUseActorsStuffBitsGrowingLittle BitRepeatsAccusedOld Things Author:Jude Law
“I am a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking mostly Thai food. And a lot of times on movies, you have these trailers that have these little ovens and kitchenettes. A lot of actors never use them, but I would cook lunch just about every day.” LittlesUseActorsBitsCookingCooksLunchChefTrailersOvensGourmetThaiCooking LoveThai Food Author:Will Ferrell
“When we sit down to draw or paint the sun's rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you're left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish.” LittlesUseLightLeftBitsMorningSunLittle BitDrawsRedBluePaintEveningRaysYellow Author:Bill Nye
“Every singer has three or four or five techniques, and you can force them together in different combinations. Some of the techniques you discard along the way, and pick up others. But you do need them. It's just like anything. You have to know certain things about what you're doing that other people don't know. Singing has to do with techniques and how many you use at the same time. One alone doesn't work. There's no point to going over three. But you might interchange them whenever you feel like it. It's a bit like alchemy.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFeelsDifferentUseMightTogetherCertainThreeForceBitsFiveFourSingingPicksTechniqueSingersCombinationNo PointAlchemyInterchange Author:Bob Dylan
“When you're in @#*!#-ing hell, your forehead can feel a wee bit feverish. (By the way, that's the way my wife actually curses. She doesn't use dirty words; she'll literally say "asterisk, pound sign, exclamation point, the-letter-'A'-with-a-circle-around-it, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk.")” WayFeelsUseFunnyBitsHellWifeLettersMy WifeCirclesDirtyCursePoundsForeheadsSwearingExclamationDirty WordsExclamation Points Author:Paul Reiser