Particular Quotes

What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.

I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious.

In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on.

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.

A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction, with a consequent drain from some other side of life.

No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process.

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.

Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.

If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.

People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.

A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story - and it's my job to attend to what it wants to do.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak.

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.

The legislator should keep two things constantly before his eyes: 1. The pure theory developed to its minutest details; 2. The particular condition of actual things which he designs to reform.

There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.

In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all things come to see.

Man, you can come see me six or seven times in a row and you'll never see the same show twice, because I don't like to be robotic onstage. I like to perform for that particular audience.

Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars, the chances of seeing it go down

Power in the hands of particular groups and classes serves like a prism to refract reality through their own perspective.

Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.

God desired to be the real maker of a real bed, not a particular maker of a particular bed, and therefore He created a bed which is essentially and by nature one only.

Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.

I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.

All art is advertising. It stands for a particular point of view. Art that exploits badness is advertising badness.

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want.

Nations don't start out. There is not a particular moment when they unveil the essence of themselves. They are always a work in progress.

It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

I don't have opinions. Only if it is necessary for a particular action, I make a judgment. Opinions are fetters for your intelligence.

Blissfulness does not compel you to behave in any particular way. Out of bliss, I can laugh or cry; I can sit quietly or be active in the world.

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

I have often thought that the nature of women was interior to that of men in general, but superior in particular.

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I would take that particular piece of mine, shred it, and flush it down the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes.

How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-.

Books make great gifts because... [they don't] come in any particular size, so you don't have to be embarrassed if you bought somebody the wrong size.

For any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.

The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession.

I don't have any particular thing I do ritualistically. I do the same thing every day. I get up. Drink a lot of water. Have a wheatgrass shot. Drink some green juice. Eat as healthy as I can.

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.