Wanting to know absolutely what a story is about, and to be able to say it in a few sentences, is dangerous: it can lead us to wanting to possess a story as we possess a cup. . . A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read it even twenty times, it can open us up, by cut or caress, to a new truth.
The building is absolutely stunning. It is a magnificent and important piece of architecture that contributes greatly to the cultural landscape of Washington. It is one the best designed buildings in D. C. in the last decade.
I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces.
I find it a lot more concerning to me that Hillary Clinton was extremely careless in the handling of national security information, not just one or two, but thousands and thousands of pieces of national security information.
I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life
If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.
The ALGOL compiler was probably one of the nicest pieces of code to come out at that time. I spent hours trying to fix and change the compiler. Working with it so closely affected the way I think about programming and had a profound influence on my style.
We are all of us, gods and mortals, made up of many pieces, some of them broken, some of them scarred, but none of them the total sum of who we are.
Hollywood can buy a lot of pieces of the puzzle, but the great thing is they can never buy word of mouth.
How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't.
My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.
I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.
We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.
In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than explored its webby nature.
My best piece of advice is to do something you're passionate about. If you do - you'll do it well - and the money follows.
The judges say, make it your own, so I just remixed a song if I felt like the piece needed it
Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?