Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
There was Layla in the fullness of her lips, Lulu in the thick waves of her hair, Lu Xin in the intensity… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
Usually, like, on 'Mean Girls,' the task that Tina Fey and I set for ourselves was we wanted to maintain a comic… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
If a train doesn’t stop at your station, it’s simply because it’s not your train. Don’t try to flag down the conductor… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is a magnificent intensity in life that comes when we are not in control but are only reacting, living, surviving. I… — Steven Callahan Copy Share Image
Who shall blame him? Who will not secretly rejoice when the hero puts his armour off, and halts by the window and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The most successful executives are often men who have built their own companies. Ironically their very success frequently brings to them and… — Harry Levinson Copy Share Image
I will try to hold on to the intense feeling. I will both be glad that that’s no longer happening and kind… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity.… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
When you practice Dynamic Meditation for the first time this will be difficult, because we have suppressed the body so much that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Women want their love to be reciprocated in the same way they give it; they want their romantic lives to be as… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; his origin, his growth, his hopes… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film, a standard… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Focused intensity is required to win. I can't stress enough that people who took control of their finances and worked their way… — David Ramsey Copy Share Image
A disruption of the circadian cycle—the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life—seems to be involved in many,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Love is the air that I breathe, like oxygen. When I lack it, I feel atrophied, asphyxiated. When I have it, I… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
If the intensity of the material world is plotted along the horizontal axis, and the response of the human mind is on… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
“Managed well, intensity adds flavor and excitement to our lives. It’s the trait that allows our spirited children to be animated, vivacious,… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
Military technologies such as Drones, SWAT vehicles and machine-gun-equipped armored trucks once used exclusively in high-intensity war zones such as Iraq and… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel.… — William Bernhardt Copy Share Image
It seems to me that whether it is recognized or not, there is a terrific frustration which increases in intensity and harmfulness… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Color is a major element in scale. A small room can have a larger look by the use of closely related values,… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Missing someone has to be one of the worst human emotions. All the other feelings like anger and fear and horror get… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
In the back I see many potential legends, some of them with warrior spirits. And you will do the same for them.… — The Ultimate Warrior Copy Share Image
Whenever I may be tempted to slack up and let the business run for awhile on its own impetus, I picture my… — Harry Gordon Selfridge Copy Share Image
Johnny Depp's performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney's desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of… — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no subsitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“INTENSITY A Summary Intensity is the driving force behind the strong reactions of the spirited child. It is the invisible punch that… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Basically, I'm going to take what you did, the bare-bones structure of what you were trying to do, how you were attacking… — Bun B Copy Share Image
“Children learn best from the adults they love. They watch carefully to see how you handle your strong emotions. Most of us,… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
While I did a lot of research, I ended up feeling that the best way to write about grief was to describe… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
