“I really like the interplay between thinking of text as ephemeral and thinking of it as a concrete, physical thing. With almost anything that I write, I'll stay completely immersed in the electronic text of it for a period of time and in another period, I'll stay immersed in it as a physical thing that can cut your skin. So with the apocalypses, I had them taped all over the wall and they had codes on them. Sometimes I would color code them in terms of thematic elements, sometimes in terms of voice, sometimes visual forms or images.” ThinkingWritingSometimesFormVoiceTermCuttingColorWallPeriodsElementsSkinsCodeVisualsConcreteApocalypseEphemeralPhysical ThingsThematic Author:Lucy Corin
“There's always going to be an element of pressure when you walk on the stage.” WalksStageElementsPressure Author:Eddie George
“Money is becoming one of the most corrosive elements of politics.” BecomingElementsBecoming One Author:Trent Lott
“People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'” PeopleShowsLightSoundRecordsBandElementsStraight Up Author:Nomi Ruiz
“For me, the genders are an essential element of numbers and letters, not something that could be removed from them.” NumbersEssentialsElementsLettersGender Author:Leni Zumas
“Radio, or at least the kind of radio we're proposing to do, can cut through that. It can reach people who would otherwise never hear your work, and of course I find that very notion inspiring. Radio stories are powerful because the human voice is powerful. It has been and will continue to be the most basic element of storytelling. As a novelist (and I should note that working my novel is the first thing I do in the morning and the very last thing I do before I sleep), shifting into this new medium is entirely logical. It's still narrative, only with different tools.” PeopleShouldFirstsHumansKindHas BeensStillsDifferentStoriesLastsCoursesVoiceSleepPowerfulMorningNovelCuttingElementsToolsNotesNotionRadioStorytellingMediumsNarrativeNovelistsLogicalShiftingHuman Voice Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Ayahuasca is a brew that's made from the vine, which is the hallucinogenic element. And then there's also this leaf from a bush. And the vine is supposed to be the masculine and the bush is supposed to be the feminine, and this female shaman did a tea drinking ceremony with us, where we drank Wyoosa. And the intention was to go and find pieces of your soul that were missing and bring them back to your body so you could live more fully with yourself and it's called soul retrieval.” MadeSoulBodyPiecesMissingElementsFemaleIntentionDrinkingYour BodySupposed To BeTeaYour SoulFeminineLeafsMasculineCeremonyDrankVinesAyahuascaTea Drinking Author:Larkin Grimm
“We had Chinese artists that would put in elements for the Chinese audience like the calligraphy actually means something so the audience when they read it they'll understand. So there were definitely little things we were able to do that specifically leveraged the artists' talents.” MeanLittlesAbleArtistAudienceTalentElementsChineseLittle ThingsCalligraphy Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Dreams are things that could potentially be treating you as a pupil to teach you things so when you wake up, you'll be able to handle certain elements from those dreams in a better way.” WayDreamAbleCertainTeachElementsWake UpHandleBetter WaysPupils Author:Tom DeLonge
“I want to tell everybody that you won't hear me trying to pop bottles in the club and all that kind of stuff. It's just not me and I think as long as you stay within your element and your age bracket, sure you're going a couple of young folks and teens, but that's not who I'm focused on. I'm really not. I love whoever supports, but I'm just not going to try and go back there because times have changed. If you don't move with the times, you'll get left off. I'm trying to change with the times.” IfsThinkingWantTryingKindLongAgeMovingYoungLeftStuffSupportChangedCoupleElementsFolksClubsPopsFocusedBottlesTeensTrying To ChangeTimes Have ChangedBrackets Author:Ginuwine
“I'm a huge Luc Besson fan. The Fifth Element, I just loved that movie. Luc cast me to play a small part in it, and so I did, because I love all his movies actually - The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional. His movies are so wonderful. It's just fun to be in it and for it to be a sci-fi movie.” PlayBigsFunWonderfulFansHugeElementsBlueCastsSci FiFifthSmall PartsFemmeSci Fi MovieFifth Element Author:Ethan Hawke
“My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the practice of poetry, as does my Buddhist practice. Poetry is a very important element in the history of Buddhism in general and in Zen in particular. It was really Zen that motivated me to change the way I perceive the world.” WorldWayDoeImportantSufferingHumanityCompassionPracticeParticularBuddhismMoralityElementsEthicsBuddhistPerceivePoetry IsMotivatedWork Ethic Author:Sam Hamill
“Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming.” KindImportantLyingCertainLeftTeachElementsImportanceIronyProseUnsaid Author:Sam Hamill
“And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process - the acting, the design, the cinematography, the music, is all working to one end.” FeelsEndsFilmProcessActingDesignElementsMusic IsFilmmakingFistsPunchingCinematographyBest Film Author:Ethan Hawke
“In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to glam-rock. It really does not come from American culture.” WayTryingDoeCultureRocksElementsResearchOscarsAmerican CultureGlamGlam Rock Author:Todd Haynes
“For me, the greatest source of frustration was trying to work with a willful child when there was something else I wanted - say, to get the child to go to bed so I could have my own time. Just the promise of the time, and feeling that promise slip away, was enough to introduce a whole other element of stress into the encounter.” TryingChildrenEnoughWholeFeelingsWantedMy OwnSourcePromiseBedElementsStressEncountersFrustrationSlipsIntroducing Author:Carolyn Hax
“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.” PeopleBrainDoubtFocusPossibilitySkillsConversationElementsChaosNo DoubtWiring Author:Carolyn Hax
“How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that the scary elements of it are more scary and it functions as a genre movie - as the way it's supposed to, you want to hear a ghost story at midnight, that's a good one - but how do you fill it up with humanity inside, in staying true to the genre? You know? Does that make sense?” KnowsWayWantHumansDoeRealStoriesGuyHumanityElementsFunctionScaryGhostMake SenseGenreStayingMidnightThat GuyStay TrueSinisterGhost Stories Author:Ethan Hawke
“If we were making a record in Kentucky, there might be some more elements that recall a time, a place, or a relationship. Recording for the BBC you enter into this strange and wonderful, but kind of sterile, place with which you have no personal history, and that's the Maida Vale Studios at BBC in London.” IfsKindMightRecordsWonderfulStrangeElementsStudiosLondonRecallsKentuckyPersonal History Author:Will Oldham
“GandhiÂ’s idea of swadeshi—that local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedom—is becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization.” WorldNeedsShouldIdeasSelfUseForgetThis WorldBecomingElementsResourcesCapacityLocalsRelevantGlobalization Author:Vandana Shiva
“And that sort of victimization narrative is something we shouldn't contribute to. On the other hand, we have to acknowledge that there is a radical element in Islam, jihadism, that needs to be called by name and needs to be confronted.” NeedsHandsNamesElementsIslamRadicalNarrativeAcknowledgeVictimization Author:Marco Rubio
“The definition of horror is pretty broad. What causes us "horror" is actually a many splendored thing (laughs). It can be hard to make horror accessible, and that's what I think Silence of the Lambs did so brilliantly - it was an accessible horror story, the villain was a monster, and the protagonist was pure of heart and upstanding so it had all of these great iconographic elements of classic storytelling. It was perceived less as a horror movie than an effective thriller, but make no mistake, it was a horror movie and was sort of sneaky that way.” ThinkingWayHeartHardStoriesCausesMistakeSilenceLaughingHorrorPureElementsDefinitionsMonstersStorytellingClassicBroadsVillainLambsThrillersProtagonistsHorror StoriesSneaky Author:Bryan Fuller
“I am laying out a specific agenda that will make more progress, get more jobs with rising incomes, get us to universal health care coverage, get us to universal pre-k, paid family leave and the other elements of what I think will build a strong economy, that will ensure Americans keep making progress. That's what I'm offering and that's what I will do as president.” ThinkingCareJobsStrongPresidentEconomyProgressElementsUniversalPaidIncomeHealth CareRisingAgendasOfferingCoverageStrong EconomyUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater isn't, because it is - but it's a collaboration to such an extent that you can give a performance in film that sometimes you look at and you go, "Well, that's not the performance I was trying to give at all."” GivingTryingWellsLooksRealSometimesFilmActorsEssentialsElementsPerformancesTheaterCollaboration Author:Karen Allen
“I think if you're doing a play, you're rehearsing enough that you get to a point where it's freeing again. But in a movie, if you rehearse too much, now you've just shown everybody what you're going to do. And any element of surprise or impulsiveness is taken away.” IfsThinkingEnoughPlayTakenToo MuchElementsSurpriseRehearsingElement Of Surprise Author:Geena Davis
“One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.” PurposeValuesCommonShareElementsAccountsExclusiveIsms Author:Thomas Keating
“For me it's a new experience every single time, because - The dance community has a great strength in synergizing immediately. So we recognize that opposed to being competition, which we are in the audition process, once we're on the job is about cohesion, it's about striving to highlight each individual in their own element, while also creating something that is visually tantalizing to the audience. While the ingredients of each movie has been different, the recipe for success is the same, which is to click immediately and make the best possible movie.” Has BeensDifferentJobsIndividualProcessCommunityAudienceElementsCreatingCompetitionStriveIngredientsAuditionsRecipesRecipe For SuccessClicksHighlightsNew ExperiencesCohesionCreating SomethingTantalizing Author:Alyson Stoner
“It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob and David - two of the most brilliant performers and writers there are. Their show was based on them. Our show is a bit more broad. We have a cast of 7, we have guests. We can be slightly more topical.” TwoDifferentShowsBitsComedyStyleElementsUniqueCastsBrilliantBroadsPerformersGuestsBobDifferent StylesMr Show Author:B. J. Porter
“Perhaps this is an area where every generation starts from scratch. Although the crisis of the First World War inaugurated an especially strong period of disillusion with regard to the optimism of the previous age, the pattern has repeated itself in many ways in more recent times, e.g., the loss of faith in politics as a means of advancing human well-being. And perhaps this also has to do with basic elements in growing up.” WorldWayFirstsHumansWellsMeanWarAgeStrongLossGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsPeriodsElementsAreasOptimismRegardCrisisPatternsWell BeingWar Of The WorldsWorld War IScratchesAdvancingDisillusionFirst World WarLoss Of Faith Author:George Pattison
“Schleiermacher, however, starts by attempting to find what he takes to be a basic element of the human condition as such, namely, that we did not invent ourselves but find ourselves born into a life and a world that precedes us in manifold ways.” WorldWayHumansBornConditionsElementsHuman ConditionAttemptingManifold Author:George Pattison
“Everyone's encouraged to put things in their own words, to discover new things. So there's definitely an element of dynamic improvisation, for sure, which I think gives those scenes some of their energy, some of their electricity.” ThinkingGivingEnergySceneElementsNew ThingsElectricityImprovisation Author:Steve Zissis
“Third party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance.” RomancePartyElementsThirdsThird Parties Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“The first thing that happens is the cleansing of the former character. I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there is usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character played prior to the movie. Then you want to think about what the character represents, and you write down all of the elements about this character and then take the time to find some synchronicity and start breathing the character.” ThinkingWantWritingFirstsCharacterHappensActorsProcessElementsFormerBreathingSynchronicityCleansing Author:Vin Diesel
“There is an element - particularly on social media - where I want to encourage positivity and kindness rather than negativity and bashing of other people. I think that is a way I try to incorporate social responsibility into my life, but I feel like my day to day is pretty average.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsTryingSocialResponsibilityKindnessMediaElementsAveragePositivitySocial MediaNegativityDay To DaySocial Responsibility Author:Danielle Panabaker
“What many people don't see is that there are abundant examples of phenomenal opacity: It is one of the most interesting features of the human conscious model of reality that, first, it can contain elements that are not experienced as mind-independent, as unequivocally real, as immediately given, and second, that there is a "gradient of realness" in which one and the same content can be experienced transparently or in an opaque fashion.” PeopleMindFirstsHumansRealRealityGivenInterestingFashionExampleElementsModelsConsciousIndependentFeaturesMost InterestingPhenomenalOpaqueRealness Author:Thomas Metzinger
“I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.” TryingHeartDifferentUseMy HeartElementsComedianPerformersStand Up Comedian Author:Margaret Cho
“I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.” FeelsLittlesSaidDifferentCountryShowsWantedSongStuffRecordsModernRocksStyleGrewElementsGrew UpGenreTunesRaysListenersBluegrassVersatilityAmericanaGeorge Jones Author:Cody Johnson
“I'm so aware when you make a film, there are so many elements to get right. So many people with such important jobs. You know, it's terrible. I walk away from a film going, "The cinematography was great, wasn't it? But the music wasn't so good. The casting wasn't great."” PeopleKnowsImportantJobsFilmWalksTerribleElementsCastingCinematographyImportant Jobs Author:Stuart A. Staples
“For everyday you just need one makeup element. People dress so casual today and we're living in a time where almost anything goes.” PeopleNeedsTodayElementsDressesEverydayMakeupCasualAnything Goes Author:Zac Posen
“Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if an agent A acts freely when choosing X, then A's choosing X cannot be necessary. But there are some elements in his philosophy that seem to make contingency impossible.” IfsHumansPhilosophySeemsImpossibleConditionsDivineElementsAgentsContingency Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further ethical progress.” ProgressElementsEthicalStable Author:Philip Kitcher
“Most times you do a movie every place except for what the camera sees is just a mess with the lights, people, and cameras so you get used to it. There is no way to shut that out, there is always a constant reminder of how many people it takes, what is going on and how many elements that goes into making this scene look right.” PeopleWayLooksLightUsedSceneElementsCamerasConstantMessReminders Author:Jeremy Sisto
“We're better in the rearview mirror than we are at predicting - 'cause you're never going to be right every time. You can handicap it. You can point to certain elements that make it work, and many of those elements come straight out of epidemiology, right?” CertainCausesElementsMirrorsHandicapsPredictingRearview MirrorEpidemiology Author:Seth Godin
“I think it's keeping a surprise element, so that the audience never gets ahead of you. I like to pull the rug out from audiences, I don't like for them to think they know what's happening next.” ThinkingKnowsNextAudienceElementsHappeningsSurpriseGet Ahead Author:Jason Graae
“I can't talk about - as eloquently as everyone else about a prevention or medicine or, you know, funding, but I can talk about the human element, which is the main part of AIDS, because it comes to the human being and how they are being treated, what medicines they are on and what medicines they are not on.” KnowsHumansI CanHuman BeingsElementsMedicineAidsTreatedFundingPrevention Author:Elton John
“Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for the way she melds this hard-edged social critique with obliquely fantastical elements and offbeat dialogue.” WayHardSocialStarsFictionNovelFocusGenerationsElementsSouthWideDialogueAppealsMinoritiesAwardsFavouritePublishingStanding OutCritiqueTransKoreanOrphanProtagonistsSlumsJungPrestigiousBooksellersOffbeatBrightest Star Author:Deborah Smith
“I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.” PeopleThinkingAbleUnderstandingTalkingDemocracyCenturyFiguresElements20th CenturyElevating Author:Judy Woodruff
“I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be being able to combine those elements into a character.” Has BeensCharacterDreamWould BeAbleSpeakLanguageRolesStudyElementsAccentsDefiniteSpeaks French Author:Sundra Oakley
“There are so many elements and nuances from the books that are very hard to tell in the length of a movie.” BookHardElementsLengthNuance Author:Jade Hassoune
“I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation.” IfsWritingSometimesLastsTalkingElementsMirrorsLast TimeConfrontation Author:Angel Olsen