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635 Described quotes by 530 unique authors

Yes, 'Black Girl/White Girl' might be described as a 'coming-of-age' novel, at least for the survivor Genna. It is also intended as a comment on… — Joyce Carol Oates
It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.' — Vanessa Paradis
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification. — Karl Popper
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly… — Karl Rove
I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small… — Jill Scott
My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom… — Yakov Smirnoff
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. — Susan Sontag
Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths… — Gloria Steinem
I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on… — Daniel Tammet
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige… — James Thurber
My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up. — Gene Tierney
In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex… — Emma Watson
There's such an extreme feeling to be in love, especially in quite an emotionally destructive relationship, where you're both kind of really bad for each… — Florence Welch
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep… — Bob Woodward
Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste. — William Butler Yeats
Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation,… — Julian Baggini
One of my favorite activities as a priesthood leader is visiting members of the Church in their homes. I especially enjoy calling upon and talking… — David A. Bednar
'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about… — Felix Dennis
My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, was once described… — Evgeny Morozov
Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars to sparkle violently… — Mark Helprin
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven… — Albert Einstein
We are described into corners, and then we must describe ourselves out of corners. — Salman Rushdie
Like every other creature on the face of the earth, Godfrey was, by birthright, a stupendous badass, albeit in the somewhat narrow technical sense that… — Neal Stephenson
Once upon a time, there was a little creature that was rather small and rather wicked and it lived all alone in the woods. The… — Ursula Vernon

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