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It's hard to describe the work of the British-born Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley without somewhat misrepresenting it.
We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic.
To describe 'Mutually Assured Destruction' as an 'insurance policy' would be comical if it wasn't such an appalling concept.
The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.
I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.
'Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing.
If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.
I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's very 'Mad Men.'
Usually, like, anyone that would adopt, like, 'masc,' period, to describe them - it's a very phony, stereotypical masculinity.
The American writer has his hands full, trying to understand and then describe and then make credible much of American reality.
To get a sense of a person, to get their essence, it's not just about details. It is about something you can't really describe.
There is a part of football I would describe as 'serious' and one part I would describe as more 'playful,' i.e. more technical.
I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.
People even describe the way I speak as sounding like gurgling with broken glass. Some people can't stand me; they hate my voice.
Frankly, I'll believe in horoscopes the day I can describe my personality to an astrologer and they tell me what date I was born.
I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
I was always the kid who was putting on plays, and so I have no idea how to describe it. I just have always wanted to be an actor.
When I'm on a train and see an empty pitch, it gives me a certain pleasure that I can't quite describe. It's to do with potential.
In one word, if I have to describe 'Damadamm!' then I will say that the performances, the music, and the script reflect sincerity.
Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs.
I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical.
I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.
When you set a goal in your mind of what you want to be and you actually achieve that, it's a feeling that's very hard to describe.
My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.
There was a thing on Facebook that said, 'Describe George Clooney's wedding in three words,' and my answer was, 'Not invited again.'
I knew very early on that I was not pretty. No one ever called me pretty. It was not the go-to adjective people used to describe me.
The Brazilians are amazing in their nature. You cannot describe it; you must feel that warmth when you're around them to understand.
In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.
If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.
I'm interested in the essence of things. If you pare things down, what's left? It's like I'm trying to describe the soul to an alien.
I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music.
I don't try to make one thing. I really try to experiment, even if its just the vocals or the beat. I can't really describe my sound.
I would describe my music as very honest. I just rap about myself, and not in a narcissistic way. I feel like I have a story to tell.
Unless you have experienced it, it's difficult to describe the virulence of the Twitter storms that were unleashed on Trump skeptics.
Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.
I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that a word? I guess I can be a bit grumpy.
I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.
I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe my style or even tell if I have one or not.
I refused to describe myself as an actress until 'EastEnders' because, until then, I couldn't support myself without doing other jobs.
I describe my sound as sugar trap, that's not really a description that's really who I am, that's my swag, that's how I talk and walk.
When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.
Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.
I always wonder about the word 'intense.' 'Intense' is used to describe women. Guys are intense, but they don't get described that way.
One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
In some ways we describe 'Boxtrolls' as 'Oliver Twist' if Terry Gilliam had made it. I think he's an extraordinary artist, and animator.
Being married, I don't know how to describe it. It's very comfortable when you find the right person. It all comes together beautifully.