Earle Birney Quotes

The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

Earle Birney

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• I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.

  

  Malcolm D. Lee
  • People
  • Strong
  • Funny

• Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Good
  • God
  • Soul

• I felt like the country lays out like a pretty beautiful story itself, heading from the East Coast to West.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Country
  • Pretty
  • Beautiful

• I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Love
  • Fun
  • Farm

• Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.

  

  Dana Perino
  • People
  • Friends
  • Open

• I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Nature
  • Think
  • Artist

• The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Artist
  • Thought
  • Better

• To be understood is to prostitute yourself.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• The only art her guilt to cover,To hide her shame from every eye,To give repentance to her lover,And wring his bosom, is — to die.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Art
  • Die

• During slumber's magic reignOther times shall live again;

  

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • Live
  • Magic

• When I go to the movies, I like to see something different.

  

  David Frankel
  • Different

• I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

  

  Neil Cavuto
  • Real

• Hamdan Sports Complex is an amazing venue, and I think all the players will love it.

  

  Chen Long
  • Amazing
  • Sports

• Some of the stage outfits I've got are ridiculous. I'll lay out clothes to pack, and it'll look like Polly Pocket clothing - because it's all stretchy, it's tiny. I don't need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag.

  

  Jessie J

• Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Different
  • Children
  • Sorry

• My strong sense now is that, as women have become more equal in society, so their depictions onscreen have become lamer and lamer and lamer, to the point that it's an embarrassment.

  

  Allison Pearson
  • Women
  • Society
  • Strong

• Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.

  

  Margaret Heffernan
  • People
  • Present

• I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

  

  Doug Harvey
  • Time
  • Great

• We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation.

  

  Donella Meadows
  • Community
  • Respect
  • Purpose

• Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

  

  Brett Hull
  • Game
  • Soccer
  • Hockey

• I think writers would do better to consider that idea [to write to yourself], because you know yourself really well, and you never know your demographic fully. You only get into trouble if you try to please somebody you don't really understand.

  

  Donald Miller
  • Idea
  • Writers
  • Consider

• I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Why
  • Childhood

• I don't watch many comic-book movies. But I loved 'Sin City.'

  

  Marjane Satrapi
  • Book
  • City

• The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

  

  Earle Birney
  • Poetry
  • Rhythm
  • Human Voice