#closer

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#call #closer #commitment #concentration #emotion

Yet, if we accept the solution offered today by this bill to explore and develop for oil on the coastal plain of ANWR, it will be 5 years, at least, and probably closer to 8 before the first barrel of oil flows from that effort. ↗

— John Olver

#anwr #barrel #before #bill #closer

Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#closer #how #i #late #late bloomer

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#closer #even #guess #had #half

You have to have a short memory as a closer. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#memory #short #short memory #you

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true. ↗

— Carl Rogers

#always #any #area #bit #closer

New situations requiring closer contact with the rabbit had been gradually introduced and the degree to which these situations were avoided, tolerated, or welcomed, at each experimental session, gave the measure of improvement. ↗

— Mary C. Jones

#been #closer #contact #degree #each

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#american #based #closer #concepts #ethics

I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#best #brought #called #closer #consequences

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#any #been #black #black music #closer