Quotes 21 till 38 of 38.
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So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring.
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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.
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The history of psychiatry rewrites itself so often that it almost resembles the self-serving chronicles of a totalitarian and slightly paranoid regime.
A User's Guide to the Millennium (1996) -
The kind of painting which I find exciting is not necessarily representational or non-representational, but it is musical and architectural... Whether this visual relationship is slightly more or slightly less abstract is, for me, beside the point.
Notes on Abstract Art in Herbert Reads Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings (London, 1948) -
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
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The thing with drama is you're allowed to invent people who are maybe slightly better than real people.
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The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic sound of a gramophone.
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The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.
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There is actually quite a lot of crossover between the quacks and drug companies. They use the same tricks and tactics to bamboozle people into buying their pills, but drug firms can afford to use slightly more sophisticated versions.
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Turtle on its back in the desert sea / and you look like a cool drink / just slightly out of reach / Draw myself into the shell / waiting on a sign from God / or a nod from hell
Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998) Sea Anemone -
We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter.
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What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.
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Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?
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When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.
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When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.
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While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security.
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Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: ''One must not hide that!'' Then someone tells you: ''The shoulder is on the back.'' I've never seen women with shoulders on their backs.
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You really have to be careful with the clues you lay into the film - if they're too heavy-handed, or you've pandered to a slightly stupider audience, then you've spoiled it for the people who are even slightly smart.
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