I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
When a theme is beautiful, it's a pleasure to rearrange it or to interweave it with your own music. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I really like writing for specific projects. It's a whole different way of writing when you have certain guidelines and a theme… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
A theme can be a little melody, it can be a couple of notes. It can underscore and add subtext. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme -… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes. — Lorna Simpson Copy Share Image
I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
The theme that runs through all my books is connection. Connection - physical and non-physical - with other humans, and connection with… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The main idea of it was to multiply everything, to have a bigger sound and grow venue size and grow fan base.… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that,… — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
The theme of Cosmology, which is the basis of all religions, is the story of the dynamic effort of the World passing… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Man's deliberate destruction of his own habitat -- planet Earth -- could serve as a mighty theme for a mighty book worthy… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Finally, to the theme of the respiratory chain, it is especially noteworthy that David Kellin's chemically simple view of the respiratory chain… — Peter D. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Our film [Hide and seek ]was created as part of the Asian American Film Lab's 11th 72 Hour Film Shootout filmmaking competition,… — Garth Kravits Copy Share Image
White hate crimes, white hate speech. I still try to claim I wasn't brought up to hate. But hate isn't the half… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Whatever is being investigated, created or produced now, in movies or TV, needs to consider the context in which it is being… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether.… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
That afternoon he told me that the difference between human beings and animals was that human beings were able to dream while… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a… — William Herschel Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
I got asked to remix a lot of movie themes, like Mission Impossible, which other people ended up doing quite well. But… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
What is high birth to him to whom high birth has never been the theme of his contemplation? What is a throne… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Translated books rarely get reviewed in the press. Books or poems or works of art that don't seem to have a corresponding… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme. — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines. — Robert Wise Copy Share Image
I can remember hearing the theme tune to Dallas when I was supposed to be in bed. I would sneak down and… — Ashley Madekwe Copy Share Image
In all the background scores I do, I take care to see that the theme enriches the storyline and does not deviate… — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me. — Ralph Allen Copy Share Image