E. M. Forster Quotes
It is never possible for a novelist to deny time inside the fabric of his novel: he must cling, however lightly, to the thread of his story, he must touch the interminable tapeworm, otherwise he becomes unintelligible, which, in his case, is a blunder.
E. M. Forster
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
Nate Parker
Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
Ian Millar
We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
Ma Jun
Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
Gary Larson
Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
Hans Jonas
Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
Mackenzie Davis
I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
Katee Sackhoff
Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
Abbi Jacobson
I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
Watkin Tudor Jones
Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto Eco
Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
Adam Ferguson
I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
Vijay Sethupathi
Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport.
Maria Edgeworth
The greatest communicators have unknowingly used a story pattern. They not only use anecdotes effectively, but their communication followed a persuasive story pattern of tension and release. That tension and release is created by contrasting [what is] with what could be as a structural device.
Nancy Duarte
I have to do draft after draft... It takes me a long time, but I love doing it, and I have to do it every day, or I feel slack.
Donald Hall
You should read a crowd like you read a magazine.
Ashley McBryde
I open the doors for everybody all the time.
Olivia Colman
It is never possible for a novelist to deny time inside the fabric of his novel: he must cling, however lightly, to the thread of his story, he must touch the interminable tapeworm, otherwise he becomes unintelligible, which, in his case, is a blunder.
E. M. Forster
