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I'm quite interested in my own mental processes, simply because I'm a failed scientist, and because I'm interested in how the brain and the mind works, and I like to avoid easy descriptions.

~A. S. Byatt

Topics: Avoid Because Brain Descriptions Easy Failed How Interested Like Mental Mind My Own Own Processes Quite Scientist Simply Works

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Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

~Alison Bechdel

Topics: Always Changing Clothing Descriptions Despised Drew Get Girl Her Home Last Minute Nancy Out Outfits Read School Thing Wait Wanted

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One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Business Condition Depressed Depression Descriptions Disabled Feel Frequently Gets Knows Life Lost Ludicrous Often One Of The Things Ordinary Person Things

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I spent a lot of time on my own working out the physical vocabulary for how Gollum moved. As I say, I drew on a lot of Tolkein's descriptions of how he moves, but also the conceptual artist sketches.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Also Artist Conceptual Descriptions Drew He How Lot Moved Moves My Own Out Own Physical Say Sketches Spent Time Vocabulary Working

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I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers.

~Anita Shreve

Topics: Always Been Charmed Covers Descriptions Early Editor Fact Had Houses In Fact Me Novels Once Out Pointed Prominent Them

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I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Accounts Archives Come Days Descriptions Dozen Excellent Experiences Half Just Love Out Personal Poignant You

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I couldn't imagine what it's like to be a journalist talking about music. You're left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across.

~Ariel Pink

Topics: About Across Band Cocktail Descriptions Empty Get Imagine Influences Journalist Left Like Make Make Up Music Other Point References Sort Talking Up Weird You Your

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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.

~Barton Seaver

Topics: Descriptions First Items Left Menu People Protein Read Restaurants Right Stress

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You almost can't avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Almost Avoid Deeply Descriptions Enough Having Mathematical Physical Push Some Studies Universe Version You Your

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Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.

~Camilla Lackberg

Topics: Closely Cold Descriptions Environment Find Following Her Holds Home Intriguing Joy Kind Lonely Magic Much Northern Observed People Plots Reading Says Silent Special Stereotype Sweden Tough

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