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Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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Change your thoughts, change your life. —LAO TZU When I was fighting depression, I remember hearing this expression and not understanding it… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
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Reporters immediately push their interviewees into the most extreme version by saying in a shocked tone, 'Well, are you saying that ..."… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I feel like there's a lot of beauty in the darkness of 'Narrow Stairs,' but that's not really a place I'm ready… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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The most abundant hue in nature, the human eye sees more green than any other color in the spectrumas it has throughout… — Leatrice Eiseman Copy Share Image
The (campaign) ads all have the same tone - the voice is hushed and amazed when talking about The Enemy, as if… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
If men were but to read the New Testament with the same tone and emphasis, with which they do other books, and… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
In the most basic way, writers are defined not by the stories they tell, or their politics, or their gender, or their… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
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I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was really executed well, from the art direction to the wardrobe to everyone else. And I have to say, two really… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
Now, that’s my boy you’re talking about, and I don’t want to get crossed up with you, Sasha. But you keep that… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone,… — Jean-Philippe Rameau Copy Share Image
And it’s all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
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Often touching . . . Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips . . . In his translation, Andrew Bromfield… — Ken Kalfus Copy Share Image
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You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I went out a couple of times with Pierce. He's totally recognizable, and he makes no effort to tone it down. Some… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
We are convinced that all of our race who die in infancy partake in the redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus.… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Some make their worlds without knowing it. Their universes are just sesame seeds and three-day weekends and dial tones and skinned knees… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image
I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know… — Dana Fox Copy Share Image
We can no longer communicate with the apes by direct language, nor can we understand, without special study, their modes of communication… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
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