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The kind of industrial wasteland that you see in so much of Europe has a tremendous poignancy to me, especially when it's run down and you see the collapse and failure of this system. And also how nature reclaims it.
Johann Johannsson
Nature
Me
Failure
You
Down
Tremendous
Collapse
System
Kind
Run
See
Poignancy
Industrial
Also
How
Much
Europe
The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it looks utterly fake. It looks like an artist's portrait, complete with symbolism, humour and poignancy. No wonder the palace and the press have interpreted it in such different ways.
Amanda Foreman
Natural
Queen
Humour
Complete
Press
Ways
Photograph
Table
Poignancy
No Wonder
Glasgow
Like
Looks
Fake
Wonder
Susan
Sitting
Artist
Different
Across
Different Ways
Palace
Expressive
Resident
Utterly
Portrait
Interpreted
Symbolism
In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
Sam Kean
Mother
About
Both
Poignancy
Thumb
Leaking
Talk
Child
Cells
Across
Violinist
If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
Matthew Weiner
Best
You
Comedy
Way
Kind
Best Way
Poignancy
Reach
Coming
Lot
Times
Get
Any
Want
Meaning