“When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.” MaySaidPlaySituationEnemyTakenPiecesCapturedPawns Book:The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece Source: The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece
“I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.” PeopleThinkingSaidIdeasRealMatterLastsNightSongCultureGirlLeftSituationSubjectsAlbumsPopsPop CultureSubject MatterDuran Duran Author:Nick Rhodes
“In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said ‘looks like we’re a couple of peeing Toms.’ His angry silence is something I’ll never forget.” LooksSaidFunnyNextFoundForgetSilenceSituationCoupleAngerAngryNever ForgetAwkwardTomsOscarsSilence IsBathroomWordplayFunny JokesAppropriatenessAwkward Situations Author:Tom Hanks
“I've always said that movies are kind of like love affairs. Two people come together, and if they're at the right place at the right time and it's the right situation, it clicks. I've always felt that I've connected with screenplays. It's the romantic in me.” PeopleIfsKindSaidTwoTogetherFeltSituationAffairConnectedRight TimeRight PlaceLove AffairScreenplaysClicksLike Love Author:Robert Zemeckis
“It must be said that today, at the end of its semantic evolution, the word 'terrorist' is an intrinsically propagandistic term. It has no neutral readability. It dispenses with all reasoned examination of political situations, of their causes and consequences.” SaidEndsTodayPoliticalCausesTermSituationEvolutionConsequenceTerroristExamination Book:Infinite Thought Source: Infinite Thought
“Marlee has said a million times, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was a camera trained on the two of us?" because we get involved in some very interesting situations. We'll be on a plane and she gets handed a Braille menu because they think she is blind, or producers that turn to the director of a show she's on and say, "Marlee Matlin is great, but is she going to be deaf for the whole show?" She used to freak people out with the speaker phone in her car by having me sign what they were saying on the speaker phone and then she would speak herself.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidTwoWholeShowsUsedTurnsSpeakInterestingSituationMillionsCarInvolvedDirectorsCamerasBlindPhonesProducersPlanesFreakSpeakersDeafVery InterestingGet InvolvedMenusTwo Of UsBrailleInteresting Situations Author:Jack Jason
“Getting my father to throw anything away was pretty difficult. He was not trying to hide who he was, and he said, you don't have to hide the fact that I'm manic-depressive. You can tell people that's who I am. It's - explains a lot about your situation.” PeopleTryingSaidFactsFatherDifficultSituationWho I AmManicDepressive Author:Maya Forbes
“...I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great.' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.” IfsTryingSaidRealWould BeHatePerfectSituationFansLiarsLove Each OtherHate Me Author:Mary J. Blige