#alive

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing. ↗

— Truman Capote

#city #description #human #life #summer

I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#because #eat #hardly #i #i can

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics. ↗

— Rose McGowan

#alive #am #black #brad #brad pitt

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#asian-american #been #break #into #lot

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#alive #animal #anyone #argue #caring

I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive. ↗

— Graham Norton

#bet #heart #i #maurice #monitor

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame. ↗

— Crystal Chappell

#always #buried #claim #fame #getting

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished. ↗

— David Tudor

#always #composition #felt #finished #i

When you are present, the world is truly alive. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#present #truly #world #you

The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#because #dance #dead #glory #i