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We're not just social animals in the conventional way that people think. It's not just a bunch of us who hang out together. We have a very specific pattern of ties, and they have a particular shape and structure that is encoded in our genes. It means that human beings have evolved to live their lives embedded in social networks.
Nicholas A. Christakis
Together
People
Animals
Live
Think
Our
Way
Out
Embedded
Evolved
Structure
Networks
Shape
Genes
Particular
Ties
Very
Bunch
Hang
Human
Just
Conventional
Human Beings
Conventional Way
Pattern
Social
Us
Means
Social Networks
Who
Beings
Lives
Specific
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
Nicholson Baker
Life
You
Power
Own
Relative
Particular
Until
Him
Proverb
His
Friend
Sway
Your
Watched
Applied
Apply
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
Nick Cave
God
Religion
Creative
Church
Believe
About
Write
Particular
Without
Go
Any
Form
Certain
Belief
Believer
Belong
Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.
Nick Cave
Myself
Relationship
People
Some People
Every
Photograph
Some
Adversarial
Particular
Camera
Up
The more screenwriting you do, the more you become aware that particular scenes aren't going to end up in the movie because they're too expensive. That has perhaps changed the way I think about writing novels, actually, because now I write expensive scenes whenever I can.
Nick Hornby
You
Writing
Become
Think
Too
Changed
Way
About
More
Scenes
Write
Particular
Perhaps
Because
End
Up
Going
Expensive
Whenever
Movie
Screenwriting
Novels
Now
Aware
Actually
I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don't ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
Nick Saban
Game
Appreciation
People
Think
State
Browns
Environment
Particular
Like
Up
Get
Michigan
Same
Ohio
Who
Grow
Grow Up
Ever
Dame
When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.
Nico Mirallegro
Time
You
Nice
Mad
About
Particular
Period
Learn
Always
Diary
Time Period
Village
Actor
Fat
For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital.
Nicola Sturgeon
Good
Quality
Women
Parents
Vital
Good Quality
Particular
Affordable
Childcare
A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.
Nicolas Winding Refn
Good
Director
Everything
Bit
About
Particular
Knows
Just
Anything
Expert
Little
Little Bit
Good Director
Republican isolationists had certainly tied the hands of every U.S. president, year after year - berating Franklin Roosevelt in particular and his attempts to ready the nation for inevitable attack.
Nigel Hamilton
Inevitable
Year
Nation
Every
President
Franklin
Franklin Roosevelt
Attack
Had
Attempts
Particular
Tied
Ready
His
Hands
After
Republican
Roosevelt
Certainly
There is a genocide that is taking place among black men, in particular young black men, but it is not a genocide being perpetuated by white cops, by the Nazis, or by the Klan. Unfortunately and tragically, it is being perpetuated by other young black men.
Niger Innis
Genocide
Black
Men
Young
White
Other
Klan
Taking
Particular
Tragically
Being
Unfortunately
Place
Among
Cops
People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular.
Niklas Zennstrom
People
Matter
Internet
Everywhere
Taking
Advantage
Taking Advantage
Particular
Access
Where
Happens
Skype
Need
Every man is half God, half man; he is both spirit and flesh. That is why the mystery of Christ is not simply a mystery for a particular creed: It is universal.
Nikos Kazantzakis
God
Man
Christ
Half
Every
Spirit
Both
Mystery
He
Simply
Particular
Flesh
Why
Universal
Creed
Every Man
I don't want to adhere to any particular image. I have tried to bring in variety to my characters. But then, only a few actors have managed to earn this tag of a romantic hero. Many have aspired to get such a label. So I am not complaining.
Nivin Pauly
Hero
Complaining
Few
Earn
Adhere
Characters
Tried
Only
Variety
Tag
Particular
Am
Label
Get
Any
Want
Romantic
Then
Aspired
Many
Actor
Image
Bring
Some movies are simply magical. You can't really put your finger on any particular reason behind its success.
Nivin Pauly
Success
You
Some
Magical
Finger
Put
Simply
Particular
Any
Behind
Movies
Really
Your
Reason
I have a 2-year-old son, and I know I'm dealing with a big, grand word when I can't point to the thing when I define it. Right? If he wants to know what a chair is, I can point to the chair. If he wants to know what religion is, I can't point to anything in particular. The same is true of the state.
Noah Feldman
Religion
Son
Word
Big
State
Define
Point
He
True
Particular
Know
Dealing
Same
Anything
Wants
Grand
Chair
Right
Thing
There have been days where I've had two writers' rooms or three writers' rooms going, and you walk back and forth. And then you sort of throw yourself on the sofa, and you go, 'Just talk at me for, like, 20 minutes,' and my brain will catch up with this particular story. But I find that exciting.
Noah Hawley
Me
You
Yourself
Walk
Will
Three
Back
Find
Minutes
Throw
Writers
Had
Catch
Exciting
Days
Particular
Like
Talk
Sort
Go
Been
Brain
Up
Going
Just
Where
Story
Rooms
Forth
Then
Two
Sofa
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
Nobuo Uematsu
Family
Difficult
Someone
Computer
Particular
Sound
Era
Surprise
Very
Startle
It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely.
Norman MacCaig
Me
Conversation
Somebody
Out
Rarely
Someone
Having
Particular
Like
Because
Very
Person
Breathing
Who
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.
Norman MacCaig
Great
Me
Sometimes
Poet
Everybody
Lasts
Way
Only
Take
Particular
Because
Passions
Been
Years
Happens
While
Help
Many
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
Norman MacCaig
Good
Eyes
Better
Poet
Thinking
Way
Bad
Boring
Some
Poets
He
Name
Particular
Read
Dry
Because
Reads
Off
Very
Far
Page
Your
Speakers
Whom
Start
I was chastised for writing several obituaries for Malcolm X, exploring different aspects of his writing. One teacher in particular told me, didn't I think I was beating a dead horse? and dismissively threw my paper on my desk.
Ntozake Shange
Teacher
Me
Writing
Think
Paper
Several
Obituaries
Threw
Horse
Beating
Particular
Dead
Dead Horse
Malcolm
Malcolm X
His
Different
Aspects
Exploring
Desk
I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
Omar Bongo
Freedom
Communication
Internet
Free
Tools
Complete
Complete Freedom
Favor
Free Access
New
Particular
Access
Am
Information
I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
Omari Hardwick
Love
Myself
Me
You
Love Me
Writing
First
Those
City
Find
More
Write
Particular
Know
First Of All
Been
Years
Get
Being
Different
Place
Challenged
When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'
Orlando Bloom
Character
Wow
Could
Instead
Particular
Like
Any
Just
Wanted
Just One
Realized
Cool
Actor
At any one particular time, there is something in my life that is suffering as a result of my many responsibilities; most of the time, it's me.
Ory Okolloh
Life
Time
Me
Suffering
Result
My Life
Responsibilities
Something
Particular
Most
Any
Many
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