#gesture

Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe. ↗

— Ruth St. Denis

#convey #dance #divine #future #gestures

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#gesture #least #mean #rather #rude

Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures. ↗

— Drew Carey

#gestures #hollywood #loves #symbolic

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#personality #series #successful #unbroken

Thy base is so trivial, so passing a thing, let us try to support it by words, and so prolong its image and its play. ↗

— Pierre de Boudeïlle

#love #love

I tended to be hard on the egos of a certain kind of men. The ones who normally swept women off their feet had never moved me much, because I'd always felt that if they swept me off my feet they'd practiced on a lot of women before me, and would practice more with women after me. I'd rarely been wrong on that. ~Anita Blake ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#romance #romantic-gestures #love

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#every #everything #gesture #given #i

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#frustrating #gestures #hands #huge #more

I spin around and give him the finger down low, hoping Monsieur Boutin can't see. St. Clair responds by grinning and giving me the British version, the V-sign with his first two fingers. Monsieur Boutin tuts behind me with good nature. I pay for my meal and take the seat next to St. Clair. "Thanks. I forgot how to flip off the English. I'll use the correct hand gesture next time." "My pleasure. Always happy to educate. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#flipping-off #hand-gesture #education

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#books #encourage #feel #gesture #heroic