“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.” SometimesStatesReasonDoneGovernmentClearPolicyProgramBasesLocalsFundGrantsTemporaryFederal GovernmentSalary Author:Jim Talent
“Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.” TryingSometimesLinesMy OwnClearCaughtWorriedCaught Up Author:Chris Ware
“Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think.” ThinkingFeelsSometimesMomentsClearPerfectionIllness Author:Tom Ford
“I alone must solve my problem. I have to clear my mind of everything else, think hard, analyze, explore my options, plan a strategy for the immediate situation, and then do whatever it takes. Sometimes it means scraping off what I have done and starting over again and again.” ThinkingMindMeanSometimesHardDoneProblemSituationClearPlansStrategyStartingSolveAgain And AgainStarting OverWhatever It TakesScrapingStarting Over Again Author:Richard Schmid
“Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.” MenWritingMaySometimesClearDegreesEndureForgottenFortunateAlchemy Book:Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse Source: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse
“Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking. Then I start to love them. By the time I finish the book, I love them so much that I want to stay with them. I don't want to leave them ever.” WantStillsBookIdeasSometimesCharacterTalkingClearCallingPagesFiftySixty Author:Joan Didion
“When I meditate, people see manifestations of light when I go into samadhi and through the samadhis. Sometimes the energy of enlightenment is so clear that people don't realize that their attention has been elevated.” PeopleHas BeensSometimesLightEnergyRealizingAttentionClearBuddhismEnlightenmentManifestationRamaSamadhi Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you shoot on high-definition, everything is very sharp and clear, sometimes at the cost of losing dimension and depth of field.” SometimesClearFieldsCostLosingDepthDefinitionsDimensionsHigh DefinitionDepth Of Field Author:Gina Bellman
“There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.” KindBookSometimesMovingCertainPartyClearOne ThingNew YorkConversationCriticismVariousReviewsNew BooksLiterary CriticismDerivatives Author:Anna Quindlen