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My work is not directly about the social or political.

~A. Balasubramaniam

Topics: About Directly Political Social Work

Keywords: Chair Constructive Human Light Mass Point Point Of View Points Production Rational Satisfactory Steel Suitable Surely Technical View


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That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.

~A. R. Ammons

Topics: Certainly Change Directly Enterprise Friends Himself His Most Person Place Poet Poetry Published Taken Today Wonderful Working

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I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.

~Aaron Levie

Topics: About Because Bigger Box Businesses Come Curious Directly Entertainment Experience Films Future Get Going Had How Inspiration Lot Obvious Online Paramount Processes Really Slow Subsequently Technology Very Were While

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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

~Abigail Adams

Topics: Always Conflicting Directly Entertain Felt He Intelligence Number Person Points Reflected Same Simultaneously Topic View

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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.

~Adam Beach

Topics: About Acting Become Blend Character Childhood Death Directly Embrace Emotions Form Ira Just Like Made Me Outlet Parents Place Playing Release Some Therapy Think Use Weird Where I Can

Keywords: Ability


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I think I initially started inventing characters in my songs because I didn't want to write directly about myself. Also, as a kid, I loved all the character names in Beatles songs, like Eleanor Rigby and Lovely Rita and Mean Mr. Mustard and Maxwell and Rocky Raccoon.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: About Also Beatles Because Character Characters Directly Initially Inventing Kid Like Loved Lovely Mean Mustard Myself Names Rita Rocky Songs Started Think Want Write I Think Mr

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To diagnose and treat a brain disorder accurately, it would be necessary to look at the brain directly. Looking at behavior alone can miss a vital piece of the puzzle and provide an incomplete, or even a misleading, picture of the child's problems.

~Aditi Shankardass

Topics: Accurately Alone Behavior Brain Child Directly Disorder Even Incomplete Look Looking Misleading Miss Necessary Picture Piece Problems Provide Puzzle Treat Vital Would

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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

~Agatha Christie

Topics: Also Arises Directly Idleness In My Opinion Invention Laziness Mother Necessity Oneself Opinion Possibly Save Think Trouble

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As someone from, and directly involved with, this part of the world, I am convinced Arabs are qualified to regain their glorious past.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Am Arabs Convinced Directly Glorious Involved Part Past Qualified Regain Someone World I Am

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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

~Alan Dean Foster

Topics: Amusement Based Book Character Directly Every Just Known My Own One Book Own Someone

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