“I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and see how to get the expression that we wanted. And her visual art is emotionally expressive as her singing was. And, I think, when she switched over to singing, she already knew that it was something serious that you broke into pieces so she developed the ability to break it down and learn little riffs that she could throw in here and there.” ThinkingLittlesArtWantedStrongAbilityBreakStudyPiecesSeriousExpressionSingingArt IsDown AndDetailsBrokeVisualsHere And ThereExpressiveVisual ArtCrossover Author:Laura Joplin
“When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choose. It can be a building block for an entire work and casual wardrobe.” ShouldFirstsPiecesBuildingSeriousBlockNavyCasualWardrobeBuilding BlocksBlazers Author:Derren Brown
“If I had my choice in life I would have had the gifts of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill. Unfortunately my gifts lie in comedy and so comedy comes fairly easy to me and I occasionally have an idea for a very serious piece and I do it, but the ideas don't come that readily to me.” IfsIdeasLyingChoicesEasyComedyPiecesSeriousLife ChoicesTennesseeEugene O Neill Author:Woody Allen
“People generally are more interested in my work when they get to know me. Serious collectors like to get not just a painting but a piece of the artist.” PeopleKnowsArtistPiecesPaintingSeriousKnow MeCollectorsGet To Know Me Author:Toni Onley
“It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with their culverins, without our being able to do them any serious hurt. So we are sailing against England in the confident hope of a miracle.” KnowsWellsLongHelpingAbleFightingCausesHurtKnownPiecesSeriousGunAdvantageMiracleEnglandShipsFasterRangeSailingWell KnownGod HelpAloofGod Help Us Author:Nicholas Rodger
“Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.” PeopleMindStoriesTogetherFallPiecesPossibilityEmotionalPaintingSeriousPeriodsDramaTragedyScaryCoreToneSatireFalling ApartEmbarrassmentLinearTaiwan Author:Ang Lee
“They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.” PeopleIfsPersonsReadingLiteratureFunPiecesSeriousNewsImpressionHaving FunInterviewsInteracting Author:Katie Couric
“You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.” IfsKnowsLightLiteraturePiecesSeriousPersonalityUniqueCookingRelatedTopicsUnique PersonalityHealth Related Author:Katie Couric
“Do you call it doubting to write down on a piece of paper that you doubt? If so, doubt has nothing to do with any serious business. But do not make believe; if pedantry has not eaten all the reality out of you, recognize, as you must, that there is much that you do not doubt, in the least. Now that which you do not at all doubt, you must and do regard as infallible, absolute truth.” IfsWritingBelieveRealityDoubtPiecesSeriousPaperAbsolutesRegardSkepticismInfallibleMake BelieveAbsolute TruthSerious BusinessPedantry Book:Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance) Source: Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance)
“A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you can get your hands on so you can become familiar with different forms of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism. That's very important. And also keep a journal. Not so much, because it's good writing practice. Although it is, but more because it's a wonderful source of story starters.” WritingFirstsImportantDifferentStoriesHandsKidsFormFictionPracticePiecesWonderfulAdviceSeriousSourceCoupleFamiliarJournalismJournalNon FictionGood WritingWriting FictionStarters Author:Ann M. Martin
“I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.” WayYearsFirstsLittlesDifferentEnoughKidsActionStuffVoiceActingComedyPiecesSeriousMy FriendsDramaticAccentsFirst LoveComedic Author:Sharlto Copley
“A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find particularly interesting, whereas I like the fact that there was at least some humor in this because really it's a piece of entertainment.” WellsLittlesCharacterFactsActionBitsInterestingPiecesSeriousLittle BitEntertainment Author:Guy Pearce
“Too many students who are technically quite far advanced do not properly interpret the technically less difficult pieces they play, because they regard them as beneath serious consideration. This is a fundamental error in musical taste and judgment.” PlayDifficultPiecesStudentsSeriousTasteJudgmentRegardFundamentalsErrorsMusicalConsiderationMusical TasteTaste And Judgment Book:Violin Playing as I Teach it Source: Violin Playing as I Teach it
“The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered.” WritingEnoughSufferingFunProcessChallengesPiecesFieldsSeriousMaterialsShapesLetting GoResearchLaborBackgroundsNarrativeBelovedLengthFlawsWriting ProcessParagraph Author:Bob Shacochis
“Never submit an idea or chapter to an editor or publisher, no matter how much he would like you to. Writing from the approved idea is (another) gravely serious time-waster. This is your story. Try and find out what your editor wants in advance, but then try and give it to him in one piece.” WantGivingWritingTryingIdeasMatterStoriesPiecesSeriousLike YouEditorsSubmitChaptersPublishersApprovedOne Piece Author:John Creasey