Theme Quotes - Page 27

• The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme.

  John G. Zimmerman

  Believe, Eye, Population

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• The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

  Mike Svob

  Light, Elements, Shapes

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• In India the human being is a symphonic theme. 'The people' is not a compact, close-knit concept, but a sprawling one, flowing not only into different walks of life, but into the intricately woven multi-layers of privilege, wealth, and education. 'The people' created by Gandhi is a young concept.

  Nayantara Sahgal

  People, India, Different

  Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”

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• Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart.

  Ruth Glick

  Hero, Heart, Men

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• I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

  Patrick Wilson

  Teenage, School, Thinking

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• Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose.

  Patrick Wilson

  Doe, Roles, Emasculation

  "Q&A – Barry Munday’s Patrick Wilson and Judy Greer on Losing Their Hearts (and Their Private Parts)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. September 2010.

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• If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.

  DJ Qualls

  Real, Emotional, Order

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

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• There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Talking, World, Human Nature

  Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.169

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• President Bush was in Los Angeles yesterday where he announced his new campaign theme - “Safer, Stronger, and Tested.” Isn't that a condom ad?

  Jay Leno

  Yesterday, President, Stronger

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• Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.

  Nat Wolff

  Father, Age, Jazz

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In terms of 'Solaris,' I didn't really think about the religious aspect an awful lot. There's one scene at a dinner party, and it's discussed, but it wasn't an overwhelming theme for me.

  Natascha McElhone

  Religious, Party, Thinking

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• A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.

  Renzo Piano

  Space, Parks, Empty

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• Clearly, the left-wing groups want to use this carbon theme as a tool for wealth redistribution.

  Lubos Motl

  Wings, Want, Groups

  "Poland rejects global carbon communism". motls.blogspot.ru. October 04, 2009.

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• Maybe that's when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I've something to say when I've thought of a person, a moment, a single beat of the heart, that I think is true and interesting, and therefore should be seen.

  Russell T Davies

  Heart, Thinking, Interesting

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• Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of todays American families.

  Allen Covert

  People, Hollywood, Half

  "Digital media company Cherry Tree makes patriotic books for kids" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. March 2, 2012.

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• We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.

  John Lennon

  Music, Writing, Rubbish

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• I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

  David Mamet

  Space, Phrases, May

  David Mamet (2010). “Boston Marriage”, p.59, Knopf Group E-Books

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• Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

  Richard Holbrooke

  Variation, Jazz, Endless

  "Richard Holbrooke: A Consummate Insider Who Left Us Wanting More" by Stephen Kinzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2010.

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• But I'm a fairly mechanical worker - I tend not to think about themes so much as plot. I want to get the feeling right. If it's moving through tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels?

  Brian Selznick

  Moving, Thinking, Tunnels

  "Brian Selznick: how Scorsese's Hugo drew inspiration from his magical book". Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2012.

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• Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.

  J. I. Packer

  Men, Scripture, Matter

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• The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.

  Queen Latifah

  Perspective, Different, Good Things

  "Queen Latifah Talks Ice Age: The Meltdown". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. March 29, 2006.

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• I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write, they would be the kind of stories you would write in an adult novel only they just happen to feature a child at the center of them.

  John Boyne

  Children, Book, Writing

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• If you are walking down the street, camera in your hand, loaded and ready to shoot. You see a person falling from a high building, either having fallen or jumped. That person is falling through space. You don't shoot that photograph unless the theme you are working on has to do with the effects of space on the human figure. If you simply photograph that event because it is an event that is happening, you're doing photojournalism.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Fall, Space, Hands

  Interview with Karleigh Moore, tech.mit.edu. April 1, 2014.

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• The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Tolerance, Humanity, Desire

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1997). “The Inner Life”, p.92, Shambhala Publications

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• I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

  Jamie Hewlett

  Book, Comedy, Comic

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