Zitat des Tages über Gedämpft / Subdued:
Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.
There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.
We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera.
The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued.
I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip.
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued.
Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control.
The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.
In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.
The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.
I appreciate a subdued performance, typically.
For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a big time, and church wasn't something where it was subdued. If you played something, you brought it to church with you.
If I ever score against Spurs, I won't celebrate. Even if it's the best goal in the world, I'll keep it subdued. It's a respect thing. The fans were brilliant towards me; I'll be playing against my friends and I can't forget that.
