Literal Quotes
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As a whole, I am interested in the symbolic, rather than the literal use of the camera.
Clarence John Laughlin -
Movies are too literal.
E. L. Doctorow
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All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.
Lily Allen -
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
Al Pacino -
Fanciful spiritualizing, so far from yielding God's meaning, actually obscured it. The literal sense is itself the spiritual sense, coming from God and leading to Him.
J. I. Packer -
I feel that the only thing that really matters in art and life is to go against the tidal wave of literalism and literal-mindedness-to insist on and live the life of the imagination.
David Salle -
There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them.
William Gibson -
The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.
Northrop Frye
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In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.
Theresa Breslin -
We're literal people, you and me. Whatever the most obvious interpretation is, that's our truth.
Brenna Yovanoff -
The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this, I was like, 'OK, that's me.'
Michael Stipe R.E.M. -
The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal accuracy but to truth. And truth begins, journalistically, with the facts.
William Shawn -
Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.
Catherine Keener