#honed

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like? ↗

— Brad Pitt

#grandfather #grandparents #i #like #movie

The knives of jealousy are honed on details. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#details #honed #knives

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life. ↗

— Raphael Saadiq

#been #era #great #great time #honed

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#blue #first #mandela #me #once

A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. ↗

— George Stephen

#after #books #couple #i #offer

There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#came #deal #disturbing #film #great

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#anvil #everyday #hammered #honed #living

My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#agent #chronically #father #fell #i

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#day #girl #home #i #me

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet. ↗

— Erich Leinsdorf

#come #could #director #find #first