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You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

~Chuck Close

Topics: Art Art History Description Great History Know Lousy Much Nothing Often Painting Same Sound Taught Tells Very Way Why Will You

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I missed my entrance in a production of 'Blade to the Heat' at Thick Description in San Francisco. I came into the scene very late and hugged the punching bag. I had no idea what to do! Unfortunately, that mishap was recorded for archives at UC Berkeley. It goes down in history.

~Colman Domingo

Topics: Archives Bag Berkeley Blade Came Description Down Entrance Francisco Goes Had Heat History Idea Late Missed No Idea Production Punching Recorded San San Francisco Scene Thick Unfortunately Very I Came

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My description of a bad manager is, 'Be good, but don't be better than me.'

~Curt Coffman

Topics: Bad Better Description Good Manager Me Than

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Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

~D. H. Lawrence

Topics: Attempt Blood Deep Description Experience Explanation Going Human Human Experience Mental Myth Purpose Soul Too Which Whole

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I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.

~David Sedaris

Topics: Aid Argument Been Description Diary Every February Invaluable Joke Just Keeping Later Morning Most Often Quote Said Say Someone Something Use Whining Winning Write Years You I Can

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To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling things deeply and writing them down is basically my job description.

~Deb Caletti

Topics: Attempt Basically Clearly Connect Deeply Description Down Feeling Job Job Description Me Play Regularly See Them Things Understand Writer Writing

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My job description is... being enthusiastic.

~Dhani Harrison

Topics: Being Description Enthusiastic Job Job Description

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I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people.

~Don Winslow

Topics: Accurate Brutally Description Dog Effect Had People Power Trying War War On Drugs Will Write Years You

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Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Basically Being Communicate Description Exercises First How Impossible Learning Point Show Text Tie Use Write Your

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There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

~Doug Harvey

Topics: About Both Convinced Description Fun Getting Had Job Job Description Knowing Made Manager Moments Part Right Something Something Special Special Those Totally Umpire Watching Were Wrong

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