Familiar Quotes

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When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth… — Satyajit Ray
So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original' or… — Sister Souljah
For under certain conditions the chemical atoms emit light waves of a specific length or oscillation frequency - their familiar characteristic spectra - and these… — Johannes Stark
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those… — Saint Augustine
We are writers. We danced with words, as children, in what became familiar patterns. The words became our friends and our companions, and without even… — Anna Quindlen
London is my home... I know what's right and wrong here, and it's nice to have somewhere familiar to go back to. — Jude Law
I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture,… — Michael Shannon
The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is… — Criss Jami
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the… — Criss Jami
To make it more familiar to me, I ended up treating my swordplay scenes like choreography. So it was, 'One and two and three and… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar… — Elihu Root
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one… — Mary Catherine Bateson
That affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence. — William Shakespeare
This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has… — Asa Gray
At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This is the length… — James Fenton
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. — James G. Frazer
I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22.… — Donny Osmond
I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face. — Youssou N'Dour
Sunday afternoons at a parish center - or a community center - is familiar territory for me. — Denis McDonough
Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. — Hugh Mackay
Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and… — Richard V. Allen
In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. — Ehud Barak
Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It… — Jason Biggs
When you head on out to the Moon, in very short order, and you get a chance to look back at the Earth, that horizon… — Gene Cernan
One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really… — Jennifer Carpenter

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