Sophisticated Quotes - Page 24

• A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

  Bob Keeshan

  Children, Teenager, Years

  "Bob Keeshan, Creator and Star of TV's 'Captain Kangaroo,' Is Dead at 76" by Richard Severo, www.nytimes.com. January 24, 2004.

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• I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

  Linda Hunt

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• The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative.

  Jane Campion

  Struggle, Writing, Piano

  "New Again: Jane Campion". Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 30, 2012.

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• Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ...
  - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally and sound sophisticated,
  - but if the preachers understand their hearts and culture so well that listeners feel the force of the sermon's reasoning, even if in the end they don't agree with it.

  Timothy Keller

  Heart, Sound, Adults

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Gospel Renewal: Center Church, Part Two”, p.74, Harper Collins

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• Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Smart, Thinking, Years

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• One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

  Idries Shah

  Thinking, Assessment, People

  Idries Shah (1978). “Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way”, p.159, Octagon Press Ltd

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• You could say one wine is like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz while another is like the mature Judy Garland, or that a big voluptuous chardonnay is like Marilyn Monroe -round, bosomy - you can remember that chardonnay, If you say a wine is snappy and lively, like Robin Williams, that's very different than the Anthony Hopkins of wine - urbane, sophisticated, measured, considered.

  Karen MacNeil

  Wine, Robins, Different

  "Wine varietals: A glossary". www.cnn.com.

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• In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them.

  Michael Behe

  Eye, Details, World

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• Much like the fortified wine that gives Marsala its name, this tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal, while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness. This hearty, yet stylish tone is universally appealing and translates easily to fashion, beauty, industrial design, home furnishings and interiors.

  Leatrice Eiseman

  Fashion, Home, Wine

  "A Dress of a Different Color". Interview with Maureen Seaberg, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 2015.

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• Perhaps the most sophisticated and highly evolved system is that originated by Joseph Scogna. I was impressed by the profound insights into the relationship between my own bodily functions and the psychological and emotional issues that emerged.

  Rudolph Ballentine

  Emotional, Issues, Profound

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• The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially to a certain kind of artist manqu on the brink of discovering that life is a more difficult business than he ever had reason to expect. . . . The subject matter is 'relatable,' as my students like to say. Better still, though, is what you can learn about the craft of writing from this marvelous book. . . . Indeed, if you're looking for a funny, nonportentous Hemingway, then the early Powell is your man.

  Blake Bailey

  Book, Writing, Men

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• Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

  Carla Bley

  Bakers, Mulligans, Wanted

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• ’The Art of the Brick’ exhibition is accessible because it engages the child in all of us while simultaneously illuminating sophisticated and complex concepts. Everyone can relate to the medium since it is a toy that many children have at home. But my goal with this exhibition when it first debuted in 2007 was to elevate this simple plaything to a place it has never been before.

  Nathan Sawaya

  Art, Children, Home

  "The ‘Art of the Brick’ Is Coming to Boston". www.bostonmagazine.com. September 15, 2014.

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• Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.

  Bai Ling

  Want, Sides, Actresses

  "Examiner.com exclusive: Interview with international film star Bai Ling". Interview with Jason Roestel, www.axs.com. August 30, 2011.

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• Only the most sophisticated of beings can lie and cheat, and get away with it.

  Donald A. Norman

  Lying, Cheat, Get Away

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• I just devoured all of his [Buster Keaton’s] films because his sense of comic timing was amazing. He’s the closest a human being has ever come to a cartoon character. And I was just amazed at his sense of character and timing, the humor. It's all just so…sophisticated, even when you watch it today.

  John Lasseter

  Character, Cartoon, Watches

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• The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.

  Douglas Adams

  Stars, Long, Lasts

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.105, Pan Macmillan

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• Sometimes we become so sophisticated we have to read the New York Times in order to figure out whether it's a hot or a rainy day.

  June Jordan

  New York, Rainy Day, Order

  June Jordan (1992). “Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union”, Pantheon

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• I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.

  James McBride

  Color, Trying, Wish

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• But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

  Mike Leigh

  Thinking, Film, Cinematic

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 23, 2008.

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• The government can now delve into personal and private records of individuals even if they cannot be directly connected to a terrorist or foreign government. Bank records, e-mails, library records, even the track of discount cards at grocery stores can be obtained on individuals without establishing any connection to a terrorist before a judge. According to the Los Angeles Times, Al Qaeda uses sophisticated encryption devices freely available on the Internet that cannot be cracked. So the terrorists are safe from cyber-snooping, but we're not.

  Molly Ivins

  Government, Judging, Track

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• Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.

  Maggie Q

  Weekend, Night, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.

  Michel Faber

  Thinking, Kind, Corny

  Michel Faber (2014). “The Book of Strange New Things”, p.100, Canongate Books

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• I have to remind myself - I think the population of the United States has been subjected to the most sophisticated form of propaganda and mind control that any group of people has been exposed to in a very, very long time. It's difficult for people in this country to get any kind of factual information and to make intelligent decisions based on them.

  Aaron McGruder

  Country, Thinking, Intelligent

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Robert Mueller, as Mr. Honest and as Mr. Sophisticated and as Mr. Integrity, as Mr. Cultured, as Mr. Elite, as Mr. Mannered knows full well there's nothing here, knows that there is no collusion, knows that there is no obstruction of justice, knows that if anybody is working with the Russians, it was not Donald Trump.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Integrity, Justice, Honest

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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