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Literal Quotes

When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures Picture Quote #1

I try not to be overly literal. When I’m writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them Picture Quote #1

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat Picture Quote #1

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don’t look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal Picture Quote #1

It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past... Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past Picture Quote #1

I’ve never had any intentions about anything. That’s why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense Picture Quote #1

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Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor Picture Quote #1

We’re not destroying the world because we’re clumsy. We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it Picture Quote #1

It is something that artists do all the time unconsciously, working in the style of someone they consider a great master. I just wanted to make that relationship literal Picture Quote #1

My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally Picture Quote #1

As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your parents’ closet, only this time there’s no chance of getting in trouble, so you don’t have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew Picture Quote #1

It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long Picture Quote #1

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It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition Picture Quote #1

Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These are the properties of music and music has the ability to find us and move us and lift us up in ways that literal meaning can’t Picture Quote #1

Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power and depth, praise these qualities. Praise them daily. A number of times Picture Quote #1

The resources of nature, like those of spirit, are running out, and all that a conscientious man can aspire to be is a literal conservative, hoarding what remains of culture and of natural wealth against the fierce appetites of modern life Picture Quote #1

There is a twofold meaning in every creature, a literal and a mystical, and the one is but the ground of the other Picture Quote #1

If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative Picture Quote #1

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If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn’t make me think any more. It doesn’t make me dream Picture Quote #1

I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It’s good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist; all right then to take a drink. But for big ones it doesn’t do any good. Like water on blazing gasoline, it will only quicken and compound it. It takes sand, in the literal and the slang sense, to smother the bonfire that is fear. And if you’re out of sand, then you must burn up Picture Quote #1

I don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface Picture Quote #1

Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there own Picture Quote #1

I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us Picture Quote #1

We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it Picture Quote #1

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Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability Picture Quote #1

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life Picture Quote #1

I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay Picture Quote #1

The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth Picture Quote #1

I’d like to see a forklift lift a crate of forks. It’d be so damn literal! You are using that machine to it’s exact purpose! Picture Quote #1

I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don’t pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters Picture Quote #1

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When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures (Literal Quotes) I try not to be overly literal. When I’m writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them (Literal Quotes) However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat (Literal Quotes) Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don’t look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal (Literal Quotes) It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past... Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past (Literal Quotes) I’ve never had any intentions about anything. That’s why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense (Literal Quotes) Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor (Literal Quotes) We’re not destroying the world because we’re clumsy. We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it (Literal Quotes) It is something that artists do all the time unconsciously, working in the style of someone they consider a great master. I just wanted to make that relationship literal (Literal Quotes) My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally (Literal Quotes) As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your parents’ closet, only this time there’s no chance of getting in trouble, so you don’t have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew (Literal Quotes) It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long (Literal Quotes) It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition (Literal Quotes) Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These are the properties of music and music has the ability to find us and move us and lift us up in ways that literal meaning can’t (Literal Quotes) Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power and depth, praise these qualities. Praise them daily. A number of times (Literal Quotes) The resources of nature, like those of spirit, are running out, and all that a conscientious man can aspire to be is a literal conservative, hoarding what remains of culture and of natural wealth against the fierce appetites of modern life (Literal Quotes) There is a twofold meaning in every creature, a literal and a mystical, and the one is but the ground of the other (Literal Quotes) If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative (Literal Quotes) If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn’t make me think any more. It doesn’t make me dream (Literal Quotes) I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It’s good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist; all right then to take a drink. But for big ones it doesn’t do any good. Like water on blazing gasoline, it will only quicken and compound it. It takes sand, in the literal and the slang sense, to smother the bonfire that is fear. And if you’re out of sand, then you must burn up (Literal Quotes) I don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface (Literal Quotes) Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there own (Literal Quotes) I might have been born into a very literal sense of chaos, but in fact that state is true of all of us (Literal Quotes) We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it (Literal Quotes) Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability (Literal Quotes) Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life (Literal Quotes) I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay (Literal Quotes) The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth (Literal Quotes) I’d like to see a forklift lift a crate of forks. It’d be so damn literal! You are using that machine to it’s exact purpose! (Literal Quotes) I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don’t pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters (Literal Quotes)

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