#close

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#became #cannot #characters #close #creator

I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#closer #could #expressing #get #had

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#allowed #any #closely #criminal #eliminate

I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. ↗

— David Byrne

#advanced #aiming #closer #concerned #get

One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other. ↗

— Lord Byron

#allow #any #before #bit #body

We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#been #build #close #empower #linux

I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people. ↗

— Dane Cook

#being #cheek #close #clubs #comedian

That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping on stage. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#festivals #getting #jumping #killed #people

It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#case #close #closer #deal #did

If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer. ↗

— Rob Corddry

#bit #closer #little #little bit #people