In Yellow Submarine, we used chains that were there and all sorts of bowls and things. And of course, we used bowls of water too. And bottles with straws, blowing them into the water, to get the effect of submarines surfacing, that kind of thing. It was nice to do because it, we were all being very inventive. And it was fun, it was like a party almost.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM It almost felt like we were driving in our own world--like we were inside a snow globe--and there wa... MELISSA C. WALKER You'd use recorded effects and then they'd have to come off discs. So we tried to make our own, and ... GEORGE MARTIN On the first floor, there were more classrooms and it sustained heavy water damage. There was about ... DON ARNOLD Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER Risks can lead to great victories or defeats. Even if you are defeated, the lesson will be valuable ... LAILAH GIFTYAKITA To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could... ARUNDHATI ROY It was scary to walk in there and see all those ropes hanging. It brought it to reality. It was like... JEAN PRICE For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA There were times in the game where it was tough because there were a lot of penalties and 5-on-3s. I... LUKE RICHARDSON Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART And of course it was all over Gooding that we were together. NADINE TURCOTTE There were only like 20 of us bowling down one lane and it was the best time. We decided that we nee... ROBYN YOUNG The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was in this atmosphere of boozy wistfulness and dizzy exhaustion that Sylvia- along with Carol Le... ELIZABETH WINDER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled ... GARY WRIGHT We didn't want to give them some tape to scout us on when we play in district, so we changed things ... BRENT HAND When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M But it was kind of fun to have a company, and that was good enough reason to do it. And step by step... STEVE WOZNIAK You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The thing I'm most pleased with was I thought you saw an intensity level and an effort level that we... JOHN CALIPARI It was our home course so we wanted to get under 500 as a team. But all of the girls struggled out t... MARSHA BUTLER You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS You were many wonderful things to many people before you met him--don't let this one event define wh... MARY ESSELMAN We were both holding on to this thing, this monster between us. And now that I saw it, I could almos... JAIMAL YOGIS We were spraying down the neighbor's house with water and every time you hit it with a stream of wat... CHRIS PFEIFFER We were spraying down the neighbor's house with water, and every time you hit it with a stream of wa... CHRIS PFEIFFER Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation o... BANANA YOSHIMOTO It was our first away meet and we were a little off all day. We've been at home all season training ... JEFF MYERS It was almost like a beaver dam, a dam that wasn't supposed to be there was all of a sudden there an... ANDREW BENNETT Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. GINA GREENLEE A lot of us who were from Lizzy in particular, those who were in the front line of leadership, we we... DREXEL DEAL There, amongst the angry water was the glow of green eyes, hundreds of them encompassed the entire a... MEREDITH T. TAYLOR Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple. RICK RIORDAN We were all young and our like leader was Capathia Jenkins who had been around and is amazing. We... CHAD KIMBALL It was a heck of an honor to be there as much as we were. How many guys can say they played in three... DAVE OSBORN We didn’t think anything of it at the time, but we saw several of the bodies of the crew, space pi... CHRISTINA ENGELA 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was my favorite for me to be in because it was all dancing. The... DEBBIE REYNOLDS Our friendship was like our writing in some ways. It was the only thing that was interesting about o... ANN PATCHETT Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; - that laws were like cobwebs, -for that if ... DIOGENES Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN They were like sharks in bloody water out there, and we didn't have an answer. I feel bad for our wh... DAVE WOJCIECHOWSKI It was scattered. They weren't playing well and then all of a sudden we fell apart. We were kind of ... TOM SAWYER They'd asked that we all stay down on the first floor. Then all of a sudden, we looked and there was... BARBARA FOLK My pet-sitting day ends around sunset, and it's very satisfying to know that I've made several livin... BLAIZE CLEMENT We got to looking around and there were extension cords running all over the business. The main elec... CHARLES GIVENS That's my favorite scene, because we were all together, ... Those are my favorite scenes, when we're... DAKOTA FANNING It was kind of like we were all preaching to the choir. JOE BURNS You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL I was really pleased with the hustle and effort. That's the kind of intensity we need to play with. ... CHUCK SCHNOOR It was a lot of excitement because the S-2 stage was what was the holdup for the Apollo mission and ... PRENTICE CARTE I don't think it was really isolation because we were talking to the ground almost each orbit. We we... SERGEI KRIKALEV We were very focused and we were able to do some things we wanted to do. It was a nice way to start ... GEOFF BROYLES We jumped out of the plane and we were thigh deep in the marsh water. It was just mud. GABRIEL VIVAS The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for ... JUDI DENCH I saw a cat yesterday with 4 legs and yet it was only a yellow cat, and rather small, too, for its s... MARK TWAIN We jumped into water so clear and warm that it was like jumping from air to air. The sand rose up un... ELISABETH EAVES I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA So we used to do this thing by Bach that was our own little version of it, and we got it wrong, PAUL MCCARTNEY Both teams were well matched and played pretty well. One of the things we wanted to do this season w... BOB ERICKSON [Rivertown Repertory Theatre in Kenner came out ahead, too.] We were lucky, ... We had a little bit ... CHARLIE WARD I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and p... GENIE FRANCIS Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And these Things, which live by perishing, know you are praising them; transient, they lo... RAINER MARIA RILKE People never like pollution, it has become very wrong to like pollution at all. But just like there ... REBECCA MCNUTT We had them just where we wanted them. We wanted them running and wanted to get them in that game. T... BRAD PODEVELS If therefore you shall be remembered for what you did with what you had more than what you had, use ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We were uncomfortable with it from the beginning because we felt like we were, I guess our heart was... DUSTIN KENSRUE It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if ... BARRY JENKINS There was a still life on Billy's bedside table-two pills, an ashtray with three lipstick-stained ci... KURT VONNEGUT It was the saving of the project that we managed to get buy-in from all the managers that mattered r... TIM OLIVER I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads and keep them in bowls of water ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give re... GERMANY KENT It wasn't that we wanted to bring them the things because they were pathetic and couldn't do anythin... DAN ELDON I remember being on Sabine Lake at midnight, and Hurricane Rita was several miles offshore. Standing... BEN MCGEE It was never fun being in the Ramones, which is the saddest thing of all, cause it shoulda been fun.... TOMMY RAMONE Rise up & attack the day with Passion. The struggle you're in today is developing the strength y... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO When I was involved with 'Star Wars,' I was very interested in all the backstories, and I us... MARK HAMILL When I was working abroad, there was a time when I almost gave up because of my problem with my work... COCO MARTIN If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL They were surprised we even talked to them. It was kind of funny, actually. But we told them it wasn... ALFRED FINCHER It made it kind of seem bad putting us out there like that, accusing us of something we didn't do. I... RAMONCE TAYLOR It was a fast, fun, up-and-down game. Both teams shot very well. We were lucky to get out of there w... GEOFF BROYLES You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thi... JOHN GREEN The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA
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MARTIN I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I want to weep , she thought. I want to be comforted. I’m so tired of being strong. I wan... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who fears losing has already lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He who hurries through life hurries to his grave. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. 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MARTIN What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!�... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not te... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and moun... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter f... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun has set, no candle can replace it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn o... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was all too much. For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What do we say to the Lord of Death?' 'Not today. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the wi... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you play a game of thrones you win or you die. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Valar Morghulis. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. A... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think you... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arm... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Laughter is poison to fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Nothing burns like the cold. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I look back I am lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Winter is coming. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things I do for love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister." "Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "D... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Life is not a song, sweetling. 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MARTIN And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Keep walking. If I look back I am lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream.... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nost... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can make do with seven fingers. Seven is a sacred number. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I think not,” Varys said, swirling the wine in his cup. “Power is a curious thing, my lord. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on pa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has hands like two white spiders. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson...and he never was much use." --Walder Frey GEORGE R.R. MARTIN But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN