"The description is not the described." — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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• I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but… — Tom Baker
• I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films. — Eric Bana
• I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside.… — Ben Affleck
• Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the… — Erma Bombeck
• When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life. — Bono
• My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it… — Steve Buscemi
• War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems… — Smedley Butler
• Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here,… — Buzz Aldrin
• What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today,… — David Cameron
• When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name… — Aaron Carter
• If a movie is described as a romantic comedy, you can usually find me next door playing pinball. — George Carlin
• Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S.,… — Ed Koch

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