#dramatic

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage. ↗

— Pete Townshend

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I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened. ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#always #because #characters #communities #dramatic

Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesn't include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. ↗

— Fred Upton

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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors. ↗

— Owen Wilson

#cool #dramatic #freshmen #high #high school

People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#based #been #come #crazy #crazy person

When we lose our liberties, it does not happen in one dramatic moment, but gradually and quietly. ↗

— John E. Moss

#dramatic #gradually #happen #liberties #lose

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#dramatically #harlem #living #view #world

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#appealing #audience #being #device #distinguishes

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. ↗

— Edward Norton

#contemporary #devices #dramatic #feel #i

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy. ↗

— Deborah Norville

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