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There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That's what writers do when they're good. Margaret Atwood
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The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. Jerzy Kosinski
Art Evoke True True Art Principles Portray
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. E. L. Doctorow
Good Writing Feeling Evoke Fact Good Writing Supposed Reader Sensation Being Rained Raining
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along. Arthur C. Clarke
Good Worth Impossible Three Every Evoke Possible Phrases Seems Idea Along Reaction Said Doing Up Revolutionary May Stages Good Idea
My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable. Rene Magritte
Simple Nothing Painting Unknowable Indeed Visible Evoke Oneself Sees Mystery Conceal Pictures Because Does Question Anything Either Which Mean Ask Means Images
When you hear the words 'magic' and 'story', they will probably evoke thoughts of your favourite fairy tales from childhood. Storybook pages abound with all manner of magic: fantastical fairies, wish-granting genies, or even a certain boy wizard. Tony DiTerlizzi
Thoughts You Words Will Evoke Favourite Magic Abound Tales Genie Fairies Fairy Fairy Tales Boy Wizard Hear Childhood Story Manner Certain Pages Your Even
Scents evoke very, very powerful memories, whether it's the scent of someone that you know and someone that you love, or if it's a meal that your mother made. Blake Lively
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I am attached to an incredible script called 'Wonder Drug,' about the DES drug disaster. It's a female-based drama, and I am so proud to be a part of because hopefully it will help evoke change - not only in our industry, but in the battle again corruption in big pharma. Alysia Reiner
Change Corruption Battle Will Big Drama Incredible Our Evoke Hopefully About Only Attached Part Disaster Industry Because Proud Am Wonder Again Script Help
Writing in modern Hebrew is a bit like playing chamber music inside a huge, empty cathedral. If you are not very careful with the echoes, you may evoke some monstrosities. Amos Oz
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When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations. Ashwin Sanghi
Cinematic Evoke Details Finer Period Working Helps Imagery Adaptation
Our name is not great. It doesn't evoke anything about school or teachers. It doesn't roll off the tongue or stick in your head. Charles Best
Great School Our Evoke About Head Name Stick Off Roll Anything Your Teachers Tongue
Even in Hollywood, there are personal descents that evoke only sad shakes of the head, especially where there's sheer, unassailable talent in the mix. Chris Connelly
Sad Evoke Shakes Only Head Talent Sheer Mix Personal Where Hollywood Even
All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives. Chris Jordan
Work Our Evoke Layers Habits Consumer Feel Toward Between Attraction Discord Bunch Different Repulsion Meant Whole Lives
I'm not interested in writing overtly autobiographical songs. I would rather explore interesting stories. I like the idea of the songs being evocative and distinctive, so I have in my mind the atmosphere that a film could evoke. I like to think of them existing in their own little world. Dan Smith
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The difference between kitties and humans is that we are aware of our mortal condition, and the burden of consciousness is to evoke and embody and explore the coordinates of our condition. David Shields
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I've always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother's meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother's memory through her meatloaf. Diane Sawyer
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When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later. Donald Rumsfeld
You Guidance Try Decision President Later Broader Range Evoke Similar Both Arise Come Likely Also Policy Answer Issues Precedent Help Away Raise Pose
A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader. Garry Disher
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Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them. George Ayittey
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You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. George William Russell
Time Great You Evoke Eat Spirits Same Same Time
The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months. Giacomo Casanova
Life History Age Memory Will My Life Months Circumstance Evoke Must Attained Had Years Commence Begin The History Of Eight Which Therefore Four Earliest
It's fun to use all of my range; there are so many different colors and textures that come out, revealing different parts of my voice. I know what my voice is capable of, and I try to fit it to each song, evoke a mood. Gretchen Parlato
Song Try Range Mood Evoke Out Voice Colors Come Know Parts Revealing Fit Textures Different Different Colors Capable Different Parts Use Fun Many Each
The intention behind the high difficulty of the games I direct is to evoke a feeling of joy and accomplishment in the player when they overcome these challenges. Hidetaka Miyazaki
Challenges Joy Overcome Feeling Difficulty Evoke High Direct Accomplishment Behind Intention Games Player
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. Ivan Pavlov
Food Mouth Evoke Through Leading Mass Concentrated Obviously Edible Answer Enables Pass Smoothly Saliva Stomach Tube Substances Thick Why
I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on. Jack Garratt
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If you've worked in a company for a long time, there's a mythology that you know by heart, you don't need to look it up to evoke. It's there in your blood, as it were. Jonathan Galassi
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