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Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and… — John Updike
A Christian novelist tries to describe the world as it is. — John Updike
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers… — Antony Beevor
Several witnesses describe seeing an altercation in the car between Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It was described as wrestling, tug-of-war. Several other witnesses described… — Robert P. McCulloch
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book. — Anthony Browne
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West.… — Edward M. Lerner
Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little stake in pulling… — Robin Marantz Henig
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare. — Richard Armitage
The work of deciding cases goes on every day in hundreds of courts throughout the land. Any judge, one might suppose, would find it easy… — Benjamin Cardozo
When you delegate work to the member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives. — Steven Sinofsky
I can describe to you the taste of government cheese. — John Scalzi
In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to unlocking… — David Gross
When I was at Berkeley, the framework of quantum field theory could calculate the dynamics of electromagnetism. It could roughly describe the motion of the… — David Gross
The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe… — Paul O'Neill
Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real. — James Rouse
I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings. — Thomas Starr King
You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by… — Stephen Wolfram
To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller… — Jeffery Deaver
Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence. — Jeffery Deaver
To express to you in mere words, our personal feelings on this occasion you must know to be impossible, and particularly so for one who… — Melvin Calvin
We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action, development and conflict:… — Bruce Jackson
The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame… — Hank Stram
To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe… — Lawrence Hargrave
To describe and explain my ideas is to lose them. — Marino Marini

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