Zitat des Tages über Element:
It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
The human element and human judgment around understanding the physics of machines and the process, and how those come together, I think there's going to be a balance we all need to figure out how to strike.
But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation.
I regard the 'Descendants' as a melodrama, and all scenes have been the trappings to increase the element of romance, I thought. In that sense, I am very satisfied and have great respect for the decisions of the writers.
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.
I want to evolve each season. I never want to be one of those brands where people know what they're going to see. I always want an element of surprise. One thing I never want to do is copy what anybody else is doing. I have a signature, and it's very important to me to stay true to that.
For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation.
One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.
I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation.
There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
There is a certain element of complementarity between men and women that is biological by nature.
I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.
From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.
Entrepreneurs have a natural inclination to go it alone. While this do-it-yourself spirit can help you move forward, adding an element of collaboration into the mix can make you unstoppable.
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.
For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a reliable element of our society. The Appropriations Committee shouldn't be the most political place to be; it's the place where we have to make the institution function for the country.
Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.
One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.
The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would introduce into distribution a genuinely arbitrary element, with a very large ultimate power to pervert the natural system.
I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable.
By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction from the whole of which it is a distinction.
We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience.
New York has a strong focus on the migration of immigrants, and there is a crime element there and even an underbelly, but Chicago is a much harder and more brazen city.
Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element.
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.
It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.
Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.
Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.
I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
