“At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.” EndsBeliefBreakReaderElementsThe End Of The DayAttachmentRealismMagical RealismMake Or Break Author:Tea Obreht
“If a painting contains no abstraction nor impressionistic elements, it is a kite that will never fly. But if the painting completely breaks the connection between human feeling and the object portrayed, the kite string has been broken. I try to keep the line unbroken.” IfsTryingHumansHas BeensFeelingsLinesBreakObjectsPaintingBrokenElementsConnectionsStringsAbstractionUnbrokenKites Author:Wu Guanzhong
“A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead issues insincerely painted as real and vital. It should not in the several States as well as in the Nation be prostituted to the service of the baser type of political boss. It should be so composed that there should be a reasonable agreement in the actions taken by it both in the Nation and in the several States. Judged by these standards, both of the old parties break down.” ShouldWellsRealStatesActionTogetherPoliticalNationsPartyActingBreakIssuesTakenTypeElementsStandardsReasonableAgreementBossDividedJudgedBreaking DownActing Together Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“What happens in a strike happens not to one person alone.... It is a crisis with meaning and potency for all and prophetic of a future. The elements in crisis are the same, there is a fermentation that is identical. The elements are these: a body of men, women and children, hungry; an organization of feudal employers out to break the back of unionization; and the government Labor Board sent to "negotiate" between this hunger and this greed.” MenChildrenPersonsBodyGovernmentHappensBreakElementsLaborOrganizationCrisisGreedHungerStrikesHungryBoardsEmployersIdenticalMen WomenPropheticPotencyFermentation Book:Harvest song: collected essays and stories Source: Harvest song: collected essays and stories
“There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.” BreakBrokenElementsStomachSouth AfricaIntestines Author:P. W. Botha
“My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest develops as I write, and research helps a great deal with that. If you're going to write about an agrarian economy, research agrarian economies. If your main character is starving, then you should know what it means for a malnourished body to break down.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldWritingMeanCharacterHelpingStoriesBodyPoliticalDealsBreakEconomyElementsResearchFunctionBreaking DownStarvingMain Characters Author:Leigh Bardugo
“May I wish for you the knowledge...that marriages do not take place, they are made by hand; that there is always an element of discipline involved; that however perfect the honeymoon, the time will come, however brief it is, when you wish she would fall downstairs and break a leg. This goes for her too. But the mood will pass, if you give it time.” IfsGivingMayMadeHandsFallWishPerfectBreakDisciplineInvolvedElementsLegsMoodFalling DownHoneymoonBreak A Leg Author:Raymond Chandler
“You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.” KnowsNeedsBreakAudienceMaterialsElementsToolsCommunicateGenre Author:Ang Lee
“If you think about even very common examples like, say, something that you would build, like a clock or a car or a group of people trying to accomplish something, it fails when its unity breaks down. So when it stops having a single form, which is functioning all together, then it sort of falls apart into discrete elements.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingTogetherFormFallCommonBreakFailingGroupsCarExampleElementsUnityAccomplishClockBreaking DownFalling ApartDiscrete Author:Peter Adamson
“There's the instability of my attitude as an artist, the instability of our perception of the world, and the idea that with this mix, you never know exactly what's the point of view of the filmmaker. This breaks the stability of the belief that a filmmaker is somebody who has a logical relationship with his own material. These elements create this atmosphere that I find more interesting than a normal atmosphere, based only on the characters.” KnowsWorldIdeasCharacterArtistBeliefInterestingViewsAttitudeBreakMaterialsElementsNormalPerceptionPoint Of ViewAtmosphereFilmmakerLogicalStabilityMy AttitudeInstabilityPerception Of The World Author:Albert Serra
“The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.” BreakTreeWindGrewElementsGrew UpMy FavoriteBullyingFlexibleWithstanding Author:Pink
“'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements.” RunningFightingBreakElementsGreenSpeedScreensJumpingWireTrilogiesPoint Break Author:Keanu Reeves