Ease Quotes - Page 24

• Men endowed with a wild imagination should have, in addition, the great poetic faculty of denying our universe and its values so that they may act upon it with sovereign ease.

  Jean Genet

  Men, Should Have, Wild Imagination

  Jean Genet (1987). “Our Lady of the Flowers”, p.176, Grove Press

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• Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between barren ease and rich unrest – or rather, one does not choose.

  Vera Brittain

  Baby, Children, Husband

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• You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm.

  Sarah Bernhardt

  Voice, Sound, Looks

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• You can't eat language but it eases thirst.

  Bernard Malamud

  Language, Thirst

  Bernard Malamud (2003). “The Tenants: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan

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• It is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions of a lover.

  William Shakespeare

  Science, Atoms, Lovers

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [246]

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• But space travel can't ease the pressure on a planet grown too crowded not even with today's ships and probably not with any future ships-because stupid people won't leave the slopes of their home volcano even when it starts to smoke and rumble. What space travel does do is drain off the best brains: those smart enough to see a catastrophe before it happens, and with the guts to pay the price-abandon home, wealth, friends, relatives, everything-and go. That's a tiny fraction of one percent. But that's enough.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Smart, Stupid, Home

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• Perhaps the critics are right: this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation-who cares? The writer will be dead before anyone can judge him-but he must go on writing, reflecting disorder, defeat, despair, should that be all he sees at the moment, but ever searching for the elusive love, joy, and hope-qualities which, as in the act of life itself, are best when they have to be struggled for, and are not commonly come by with much ease, either by a critic's formula or by a critic's yearning.

  William Styron

  Writing, Past, Judging

  William Styron (2015). “My Generation: Collected Nonfiction”, p.417, Random House

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• Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

  Henry Watson Fowler

  Running, Long, Dignity

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• I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare, Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they're all so jaded. They don't care.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Thinking, Nuts, Choices

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 30, 2006.

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• Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.

  Sean Bean

  Character, Fighting, Class

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• I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.

  Alan Cumming

  Stranger, Feels

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• Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

  Ricky Jay

  Jobs, Writing, Challenges

  Interview with Geoff Nicholson, www.sfgate.com. May 21, 2011.

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• I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something's going on, somebody's going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go.

  Jonathan Demme

  Ideas, Interesting, Cameras

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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• Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

  Samuel Dash

  Perception, Needs, Information

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• I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

  Danai Gurira

  People, Understanding, World

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• President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift.

  Elton Gallegly

  Two, People, President

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• If you're an actor, there's going to be a sense of fantasy about yourself, especially in the celebrity world we live in today. You give the illusion of being in control, sexy, at ease, with never a difficult moment. Those are the basic lies that all celebrities tell. For me, they're the more dangerous lies to come to terms with.

  Rupert Everett

  Sexy, Lying, Giving

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• A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Dog, Terror, Wells

  Elizabeth Goudge (2012). “The Rosemary Tree”, p.255, Hachette UK

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• Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

  William Hague

  Government, Forever, Use

  "Nato to take control in Libya after US, UK and France reach agreement" by Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2011.

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• Who wants a life of ease? And who wants a life in the office that you hate, and who wants to play golf?

  Sebastian Junger

  Hate, Golf, Play

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• I go to the river from time to time to ponder over the crazy days in my life. Watch the river flow, ease my mind and soul where I go.

  Natalie Merchant

  Philosophy, Crazy, Rivers

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• Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

  Van Morrison

  Romantic, Love You, Heart

  "Song: 'Have I Told You Lately' ('Avalon Sunset')". 1989.

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• You're the kiss that puts my soul at ease.

  Paula Abdul

  Romantic, Kissing, Soul

  Song: Rush, Rush, Album: Spellbound, 1991

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• I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  Children, Animal, Adults

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• My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  My Family, Balanced

  "Conversation With Oscar-Winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy". Interview with Ellie Knaus, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2012.

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