The only kind of notebook I actively dislike is the steno pad, entirely because of that vertical line down the middle of the page. I presume it has some arcane secretarial use, but to me, it's both ugly and confusing.
Michael Dirda
UglyMeDownPageKindLine
For me, I want to find the truth in the word and the character and the line.
Phyllis Smith
CharacterTruthMeFindWantLine
We want a world with both historians and novelists, don't we? Not with one or the other. Every fiction writer crosses the line that divides artistry and documentation - or erases it.
Alan Cheuse
WorldWantLineFictionHistorians
What I do when I act and direct is I do a small version, go a little bigger, do a medium one, an over-the-top one, and then even bigger than that. I'll do six readings of the line. And they're not all the same. Just so I know if I was wrong about what I should have done, I luckily have this more subtle version.
Jay Chandrasekhar
SmallWrongGoKnowDoneLine
One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.
James Purefoy
DoingDrawingNowLineHistorical
Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
Taisen Deshimaru
TimeLineSeries
This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information.
John Scarlett
InformationKnowMilitaryLine
I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and the harmony line is major and minor sixths below it.
Synyster Gates
HarmonyDownTopLineUpAbove
Oh, 'Sports Night' was tough because 'Sports Night' was... Well, you know, it's like Mamet. It's Sorkin. And I didn't realize that you had to immediately be off of the other actors' last line in their dialogue.
Alanna Ubach
SportsNightToughYouKnowLine
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
Joseph Conrad
WorkArtLineCarryJustification
I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.
James Franco
StoryEnjoyTryingYouActingLine
There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.
Samantha Akkineni
WalkFoolYourselfTryLineMasses
Canada is the only country in the West that hasn't given in to the rhetoric of fear. The dominant rhetoric is a line of inclusion.
John Ralston Saul
FearCountryInclusionCanadaLine
Almost every officer is going to put their life on the line at some point in their career.
Peter James
LifeCareerLinePointGoingAlmost
Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day.
Wilhelm Dilthey
DayHandsChangesLineDominantWho
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
LongSidesLineBoth SidesCome
Hopefully, it gets to a point where, down the line, people don't have to come out.
Gus Kenworthy
PeopleDownLineOutPointWhere
As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've immediately created a boundary line - who's in that group, who's outside that group.
Randall Kennedy
CommunityBlackYouSayGroupLine
The economic model was formed by the constraints that I had: a small space, relatively inexpensive building materials, relatively inexpensive investment, a very efficient service line or assembly line.
Steve Ells
ServiceSpaceBuildingSmallLine
When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.
Paula Poundstone
LiveConstitutionJumpLineUpOff
During the peak of my career, I used to pick the ball as soon it was released from the bowler's hands. And I hit the ball through the line.
Virender Sehwag
HandsCareerLineBallThroughUsed
The commercial flight thing, it just gets a little weird when you're standing in line and suddenly you're not just a guy standing in line anymore - you become sort of 'novelty boy.'
Johnny Depp
WeirdYouFlightBoyBecomeLine
My books were attacked constantly by the Communist Party for not hewing to the Party line. I have never hewed to a Party line of any kind.
Howard Fast
PartyKindNeverLineCommunist
For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
Ralph Nader
LifeInsuranceSeventyCowLine
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