“In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the China rose, like blood, like the seeds of the pomegranate, like red lead, like the red lotus, like saffron, like the resin of certain trees, like the eyes of the Greek partridge or the Indian crane…and like the interior of the half-blown water lily.’ With so many gorgeous descriptive possibilities it is curious that in English the two ancient names for rubies have come to sound incredibly ugly.” TwoEyeCertainNamesSoundWaterHalfTreeBloodPossibilityColorRedSacredRoseAncientUglyChinaSeedsListsCuriousIndianGreekScholarInteriorsGorgeousLiliesRubiesLotusesBengaliTagoreCranesSaffronPomegranatesSacred TextsWater Lily Author:Victoria Finlay
“My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.” HalfShareLandColorSkinsResponseJewSkin Color Author:Natalie Portman
“The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.” DoeHalfColorPrideBritishDisplayGarmentsPeacock Book:The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; Source: The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq;
“Look at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and doom from lips spotted with decay” HumansLooksGrowsHalfHeardSacrificeTreeColorLipsFleshMapsTendernessDecayDoomPoisonous Book:Ah Pook is here, and other texts Source: Ah Pook is here, and other texts
“Why all this insistence on the senses? Because in order to convince your reader that he is THERE, you must assault each of his senses, in turn, with color, sound, taste, and texture. If your reader feels the sun on his flesh, the wind fluttering his shirt sleeves, half your fight is won. The most improbable tales can be made believable, if your reader, through his senses, feels certain that he stands at the middle of events. He cannot refuse, then, to participate. The logic of events always gives way to the logic of the senses.” IfsWayGivingFeelsMadeCertainOrderTurnsFightingSoundHalfSunMiddleEventsColorWindReaderTasteLogicRefuseFleshSensesTalesShirtsConvinceAssaultTextureSleevesImprobableBelievableInsistenceFluttering Author:Ray Bradbury
“Looking at me from the outside, it is not very obvious, I know half my family is black and I feel close to their culture and their color.” KnowsFeelsCultureBlackHalfColorMy FamilyObviousWales Author:Ryan Giggs
“Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.” YearsFilmHalfBreakColorShootingThirtyDigitalExposureSlidesTransparencyThirty YearsUnforgivingMake Or BreakGood Photo Author:Peter Menzel
“To Americans, Washington is a giant cesspool. It's no wonder almost half of Americans (47%) now agree with the statement 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.' It's us (the people) versus them (the politicians), and it doesn't matter what primary color you wear [...] I was involved in the 1994 elections, and I will never forget the arrogance of the Democrats back then, and how they refused to accept the electoral reality facing them. It is no different today.” PeopleDifferentMatterRealityTodayForgetHalfAcceptingWonderHellColorInvolvedPoliticianElectionAgreeMadDemocratStatementsPrimariesGiantsArroganceNever ForgetVersusPrimary Colors Author:Frank Luntz
“Donald Trump is a man who was the star of a network reality show that helped to create templates for the abysmally biased way in which women and people of color, in particular women of color, have been treated in reality TV for the last decade and a half.” PeopleMenWayHas BeensShowsRealityLastsStarsHalfParticularColorTvsTrumpDecadesTreatedBiasedReality TvReality Shows Author:Jennifer Pozner