#subject

The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. ↗

— Thomas Day

#every #every heart #fact #general #heart

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#best way #big #block #books #familiar

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#amaze #best #fail #me #never

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#actual #brought #curious #experience #facts

I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#allegations #cabinet #correct #even #i

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#conversation #hide #i #i am #i am what i am

There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won't bring to me because they don't think I'll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#actor #agency #because #big #bring

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about. ↗

— Mark Victor Hansen

#get #i #never #subject #talk

What they were giving me seemed incredibly real to me, so I'd react to it in a very real way. That was frightening for me, especially because of the subject. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#especially #frightening #giving #i #incredibly

For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#changed #chose #civil #course #doing