Quotes having the keyword Events
I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.
by Anne Tyler (Novelist, American , born in 1941) keywords: after, begin, breaking, chapters, characters, delving, describing, events, into, long, maybe, page, pages, paragraph, ready, then, two , write Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're not obliged to make assessments of what's going on now and deal with these current events.
by Richard Ben-Veniste (Lawyer, American , born in 1943) keywords: assessments, catastrophe, concern, current, deal, events, going, goodness, including, make, now, obliged, occurred, our, period, prior, thank, these, up , well I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a working actor. A lot of the events - the parties and the premieres that people go to to get noticed - I'm just not into. I'll hang out with my friends, go see punk shows, read at home. At the same time, I have a production company, which is a lot of work.
by Milo Ventimiglia (Actor, American , born in 1977) keywords: actor, celebrity, company, events, friends, get, go, hang, home, into, just, lot, noticed, out, parties, premieres, production, punk, read, same, see, shows, subscribe, time, try, ways, which, work , working Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
by Queen Victoria (Royalty, British , born in 1819) keywords: calm, events, great, irritate, make, nerves, only, quiet , trifles I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.
by Alfred de Vigny (Poet, French , born in 1797) keywords: adaptation, after, capacity, chain, could, events, experience, facts, first, fuller, grouping, having, his, links, longing, man, satisfied, sight, some, something, take, then, think, vast, wanted , which What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.
by Alfred de Vigny (Poet, French , born in 1797) keywords: advance, along, cares, carries, civilization, complete, details, events, grand, indifferent, individuals, less, most, noble, rather, real, sum, than, them, total, values , which And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty.
by Vernor Vinge (Writer, American , born in 1944) keywords: comfortable, events, instead, more, optimism, rampant, regarding, remove, sometimes, technological, these, think, thousand, transcendental, twenty, were , years While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States' foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me.
by Ginny B. Waitekeywords: advancement, events, foreign, freedoms, furthers, important, most, policy, rights, significant, states, striking, these, united, while , women But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
by Diane Wakoski (Poet, American , born in 1937) keywords: am, anyone, current, events, never, poetry, political, read, sense, wanted , way But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
by Diane Wakoski (Poet, American , born in 1937) keywords: contemporary, current, events, good, poetry, think, use, venue , word I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them.
by Diane Wakoski (Poet, American , born in 1937) keywords: although, am, current, discuss, events, interested, newspapers, occasionally, other, read, television, them, want, watch , will Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: address, before, beg, century, closed, contemplate, countrymen, dawned, events, great, just, last, leave, led, mind, naturally, new, observe, parallel, run, upon , us The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation.
by Eudora Welty (Author, American , born in 1909) keywords: continuous, events, find, happen, lives, order, our, ourselves, own, revelation, sequence, significance, their, thread , time Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.
by Mary Wesley (Novelist, British , born in 1912) keywords: been, book, celebration, different, events, experience, imaginary, land, life, means, much, part, real, reminded, scenery, very, which , writing I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Writer, American , born in 1942) keywords: because, dealing, events, every, extensively, fairly, give, information, manuscript, much, myself, need, outline, pages, projected, real, still, two, used , usually When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
by Charlotte Mary Yonge (Novelist, English , born in 1823) keywords: always, been, characters, dealing, events, fair, founded, historical, history, how, liberties, made, much, reader, seems, sketch, taken, towards , venture There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.
by Edward Zwick (Director, American , born in 1952) keywords: any, apply, been, beyond, caught, circumstances, control, could, events, family, his, leone, limited, man, midst, most, number, ordinary, places, political, save, sierra, something, story, terrible, their, theme, trying, universal, up , where
