#literal

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

#comes #democracy #government #greek #literally

We recorded the record on a Saturday afternoon March 30th and I heard the record for the first time on April 6th. I was driving to school, literally seven days later. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#april #days #driving #first #first time

I am literally smaller than life. I am an unextraordinary-looking person. I've seen people trying to hide their disappointment when they meet me, and I have to watch them get over it. ↗

— Terry Gross

#disappointment #get #hide #i #i am

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#collapse #could #event #explosion #first

What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to breathe. She was very unhappy. She was feeling pretty claustrophobic. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#claustrophobic #feeling #get #give #her

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#drag #i #literally #onto #performance

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#always #i #know #last #literally

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#been #characters #different #different characters #done

I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that. I have a relationship to car culture. It isn't really about loving cars. It's sort of about needing them. ↗

— Matthew Barney

#about #cars #connections #culture #helps

For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#been #bills #comprehensive #consumers #energy