#filtered

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#cultivated #dainty #filtered #fine #fingertips

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. ↗

— Rita Dove

#age #apprehensive #every #every time #feared

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#description #else #experiences #filtered #i

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. ↗

— Mark Strand

#becomes #end #filtered #finally #in the end

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#blood #disposition #filtered #forever #moods

It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies. ↗

— Iris Chang

#ads #babies #chinese #chinese culture #couples