Twists Quotes - Page 10

• ... many of the things which we deplore, the prevalence of tuberculosis, the mounting record of crime in certain sections of the country, are not due just to lack of education and to physical differences, but are due in great part to the basic fact of segregation which we have set up in this country and which warps and twists the lives not only of our Negro population, but sometimes of foreign born or even of religious groups.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Country, Religious, Differences

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• I'm not a crazy horror fan. At that time i wasn't really looking to do something like that. But I thought to put a twist on it to put a werewolf versus vampire... 'What's the best opponent for a werewolf?' Became the idea of vampires and what about putting those two together? And ultimately it got turned down. But we loved the idea and shopped it around.

  Len Wiseman

  Crazy, Ideas, Two

  Source: collider.com

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• And from the first declension of the flesh
  I learnt man's tongue, to twist the shapes of thoughts
  Into the stony idiom of the brain.

  Dylan Thomas

  Thoughtful, Men, Thinking

  Dylan Thomas, Daniel Jones (2003). “The Poems of Dylan Thomas”, p.92, New Directions Publishing

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• Because we spent so much time in the writer's room, not even talking about where it goes, but just who the people are in our world, we could find all those unexpected moments and twists and turns that we didn't even see ourselves.

  Veena Sud

  Our World, Talking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• The best thing about the Nikita show is that there's so many layers. Even after the pilot, the next four have a twist. Don't think that you've seen it all or that you know it now, and that it's not going to have any more surprises. There's a surprise in every episode, so it's a lot to keep track of.

  Lyndsy Fonseca

  Thinking, Track, Four

  Source: collider.com

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• I want to serve desserts and pastries that people recognize and love to eat, but sometimes, with an unexpected twist of surprise.

  Sean Sasser

  People, And Love, Want

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• I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists I mean the ability to constantly change the
  trajectory of the story.

  Asghar Farhadi

  Drama, Mean, Needs

  "Interview: Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi on his film ‘The Past’". Interview with Carlos Aguilar, www.indiewire.com. December 17, 2013.

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• True knowledge is power; but in order to feel at home with it, we must be constitutionally qualified. And if we are not, it is likely to give the soul such a twist as to deform it forever.

  Ameen Rihani

  Home, Order, Giving

  Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.67, Syracuse University Press

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• If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.

  James Thurber

  Sex, Stronger, Watches

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• When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No more than three details. A character's arc? Three beats. A story? Three acts. An act? Three sequences. A plot point culminating in a mystery of a twist? At least three mentions throughout the tale. This is an old rule, and a good one. It's not universal - but it's a good place to start.

  Chuck Wendig

  Writing, Character, Play

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• I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside.

  Cheryl Rainfield

  Art, Hurt, Thinking

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• Knowing me is easy. You can still twist your hair and feel silly. Look up the word tacky and have a salad. But when we're together you pull bread apart with your fingers into bites sometimes so small I gotta remind you, Peach, it is okay to be hungry.

  Buddy Wakefield

  Silly, Hair, Knowing

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• My roots are very closely tied to the DNA of the brand. Growing up in Serbia where women are unapologetically very feminine, I came to London and realised that I wanted to keep this feminine element but give it a twist and challenge ideas of classical beauty.

  Roksanda Ilincic

  Growing Up, Dna, Ideas

  "Roksanda Ilincic Sets Up Shop in London". Interview with Davina Catt, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 11, 2014.

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• [British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a nuclear war and he drops his glasses. To this day, you can show that to anyone and they'll go "Bwrrrrrrrr!" You know, sort of wander away shuddering.

  Charlie Brooker

  War, Glasses, House

  "The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I want love to roll me over slowly stick a knife inside me, and twist it all around.... I want love to walk right up and bite me grab a hold of me and fight me leave me dying on the ground.

  Jack White

  Fighting, Knives, Dying

  Song: Love Interruption, Album: Blunderbuss, 2012

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• There's something I find very satisfying about a nice ironic twist.

  Charlie Brooker

  Nice, Ironic, Satisfying

  "'Black Mirror' Creator Dramatizes Our Worst Nightmares About Technology". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, kwbu.org. October 20, 2016.

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• [Bob] Dylan's broken-heart songs are so much better. Like "Simple Twist of Fate".

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Heart, Fate

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• The running joke on set [of the Westworlds] was that everyone at some point thinks that they're Anthony Hopkins. Like, "Guys, I think I'm Dr. Ford. I'm Anthony Hopkins. That's the twist." We love all of the theories. Part of the fun of that show is figuring it out.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Running, Fun, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Even in Australia I'd say 80 percent of our television was American. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. I used to sit with my mum when I was just nine years old, trying to guess what the twist would be. I love that kind of thing.

  Jacki Weaver

  Twilight, Years, Australia

  "Jacki Weaver, America’s Sweetheart". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 2, 2014.

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• Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Giving

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If it pains them to make a choice - if the choice looks like a 'sacrifice' - you can be sure that it is no nobler than the discomfort caused by greediness... the necessity of deciding between two things you want when you can't have both.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Pain, Sacrifice, Two

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.241, Penguin

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• Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I'm interested in practical strength that's going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

  Jason Statham

  Running, Mirrors, Tree

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• John [Lennon] as a singer - the way he sings on "Twist and Shout" and the way he sings on "Strawberry Fields Forever" - is a very odd voice, in the sense that it seems to be celebrating but almost mourning at the same time. There's a quality of mourning to his voice, which is very enigmatic.

  Alasdair MacLean

  Voice, Forever, Mourning

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Im boyish with a feminine twist. I definitely gravitate toward oversized things like shirts and jackets. I like a good trouser, but then I might mix it up with something more feminine, like a pointy boot or pumps.

  Jacquelyn Jablonski

  Boots, Pumps, Might

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• I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.

  Evan Daugherty

  Simple, People, Stories

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