#emphasis

I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal. ↗

— Graham Kennedy

#anyone #emphasise #fatal #following #happens

I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#apparently #call #emphasis #help #horn

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#appreciating #average #being #believe #career

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience. ↗

— George P. Baker

#between #clever #comedy #depends #difference

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#because #emphasis #gays #greater #hope

When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#being #beings #complication #deal #emphasis

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#copying #cuban #dancing #distinctive #emphasis

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#classical #dead #dispute #distribution #emphasis

I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism. ↗

— Harry Hay

#consumerism #emphasis #gay #i #national

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation