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#gesture

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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.


Malcolm Arnold


#among #communication #friendship #gesture #music

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

What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table?


Jacques Lacan


#convincing #could #face #gesture #laying

The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.


Adolf Loos


#appear #bank #courts #declare #gesture

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.


Sarah Jessica Parker


#attempt #bold #considered #desperate #generally

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.


Jennifer M. Granholm


#dinner #gesture #governor #i #iraq

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.


Jennifer M. Granholm


#defense #defense budget #gestures #gratitude #hearts

While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.


Raul Grijalva


#american #american people #begin #belated #bring

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.


Katherine Heigl


#generally #gestures #grand #i #make

If this gesture was the way of getting out of the penitentiary, I'd do it.


Lee J. Cobb


#getting #i #out #penitentiary #way






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