Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arc—where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to… — Lauren Potter Copy Share Image
Out of a human population on earth of four and a half billion, perhaps twenty people can write a book in a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
You want to see the people you've sort of come to know and love, or love to hate, you want to see… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
In every take, that you're not sure of what they're going to cut and paste together and what the arc or the… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks;… — Larry Gatlin Copy Share Image
For me, a tour show should have a narrative; it should have an arc. It shouldn't just be, "Here's one joke, here's… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
Don't you know how much I hero-worshiped you when I was a kid? You were Marie Curie crossed with Emily Bronte crossed… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter:… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If we generally like the way things are now, we must also ask whether our current situation is really so different from… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are… — Yael Stone Copy Share Image
I just did an arc with Warren Ellis - and no one else on the planet could get away with this, because… — Kelly Sue DeConnick Copy Share Image
It is my hope that everyone's valiant efforts will have a ripple effect that will carry us forth into a fairer future.… — Prince Gomolvilas Copy Share Image
Today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I try to just be open to what the next experience is and how it makes me feel, just reading a project,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
The iron arc of the avoiding journey Curves back upon my weakness at the end; Whether the faint light spark against my… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
If you read a script enough, especially a good script - I try to read it 40 to 50 times before you… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up,… — Michael Nesmith Copy Share Image
