Lines Quotes

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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in… — Margaret Atwood
For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its… — Paul Auster
Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections. — Diane Ackerman
Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity. — Charles Babbage
The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If… — Michael Badnarik
The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves. — Michael Badnarik
I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women. — Erykah Badu
I watched 'The Muppet Movie' obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean Fozzie Bear. — Amy Adams
It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards,… — Jim Bakker
Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines. — Alec Baldwin
The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did… — James A. Baldwin
'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like… — Christian Bale
There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely… — Christian Bale
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. — Lucille Ball
I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just… — Antonio Banderas
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your… — Russell Banks
I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can… — Drew Barrymore
I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below, then you will… — Saint Basil
For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. — Charles Baudelaire

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