Top 754 Themes Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
I'm happy to talk in general themes, but when we get down to specifics about my family, for me that's always been off-limits.
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.
Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
I always thought of 'Lost' as a psychotic opera. Because there were so many characters, it was important for me to track them with themes.
I don't have a real plan when I do an interview. I have some themes that I want to hit. But I don't have a set list of questions that I knock off.
He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying.
We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.
Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.
In documentary, you are sometimes burdened, or you feel very responsible for dealing with - I want to say - more complicated themes. Fiction allows for greater distillation.
'Nowhere Man' embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. It's really near and dear to my heart.
Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.
I want to re-mythologize 'The Green Hornet' in a contemporary context, with an emphasis on story and character, while at the same time incorporating themes that speak to my heart.
Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.
It's always relevant - moving forward into the future and finding out who you are. I think those themes never get stale.
I think what 'The Hobbit' and Middle-earth deal in are quite universal and timeless themes of honour and love and friendship... so they're things that do resonate with people.
They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures
We're all born, and if you're going to live to be elderly, you'll have gone through a life journey different than anyone else's. It's unique to you, but you'll have some common themes.
I find a very guilty pleasure in dark themes and vibes, and finding where the transcending nature of awareness meets this darkness.
I think as far as themes, 'Hedwig' is about what music meant to you as a kid and how rock n' roll can save you; that is definitely part of it.
'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired me. I wanted to take those themes and try to bring it into a more 21st story with aliens.
Reality is far more complex and messy than many of the grander themes and explanations would have us believe.
Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
In this day and age of Internet, where we have several dating sites, it is bizarre to say the audience is not ready to watch bolder themes.
As a singer, I like to treat my fans with great content and keep it fresh by experimenting with different genres or themes.
Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing is to do it brilliantly.
'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty mess.
I've explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see the signature of one artist, the work of one wrist.
My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was.
If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense of humor, here and there.
I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.
If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out to a broad audience, that's an interesting thing.
Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with.
Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life.
Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war.
The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.
Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart.
In almost all my work, I try to re-invent Christian images and stories and themes. You'd be amazed by the letters I get from young Christians who recognise this and enjoy it.
I can't imagine writing something that didn't address Jewish themes and questions. It's such a big part of my life, a lot of the way in which I experience the world.
I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say aloud.
The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies.
Though many of Obsidian's games have featured wry, sardonic humor, the developer has stuck to more serious fantasy and sci-fi themes.
Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on.
There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other.
The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.
I've firmly come to the conclusion that there are no 'themes' for me anymore. I can't be told who to hate, who to fight, who to subdue - I only see an 'us' in my heart.
A lot of the emotions we portray are universal themes that resonate with everyone, so the fact that people feel invested in our partnership is truly remarkable.
I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today.
Musical themes developing is a lot of what classical music is based on, and exposition and recapitulation - these kinds of things I find oppressive.
I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.
Many times, the way I write my themes or melodies is that I hear it, and then I sing into my phone or something, or I'll scribble down on a piece of paper.
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.
I tell myself it does not matter what one reads-favorite authors, particular themes-as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.
Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.
Some actors pride themselves on disappearing into a role. I'm into the game because I like experiencing and exploring themes, so I put a lot of myself into the person.
People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.
Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
