- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some Quotes
Small word, wide range of thought.
This page gathers quotes that turn on the word "some" — a small qualifier that shows up everywhere from filmmakers talking about creative limits to reflections on real historical friction, including the 1962 border war fought over disputed Himalayan terrain. If you're also drawn to broader affirmations, the Good quotes collection covers similar ground from another angle.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might occasionally forget how to open a car door and have too many shower curtains, but I've got some standards.
- Nov 07, 2020
In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.
- Acting Classes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some Americans, like those working in government or nonprofits, know the consequences of having their salaries public.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the modern road-running era, digital photography has intersected with weekend-warrior culture, creating a golden age of social-media humblebragging. For some, the marathon course is sacred ground. For others, it's a personal movie set.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written and impulsive on the steel gadgets.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my most enjoyable moments as a writer have come while conjuring a meet cute.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ideal beach house has bookshelves full of paperbacks that can tolerate a little sand, a DVD library that includes some Disney classics for the little ones, board games, and jigsaw puzzles. At least one big flatscreen television is a must.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have decided to leave Facebook and Oculus to work on curing diseases using some new imaging technologies I've been incubating for awhile.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020