#literal

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#company #fairy #fairy tales #literally #tales

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#away #become #bolshevism #broken #determined

I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on. ↗

— Josephine Baker

#humor #literal-meaning #nakedness #realtivity #funny

Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole time we were dating, I prepared two officially romantic meals. Both of them were such disasters that he begs me never to go into the kitchen again. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#begs #both #cook #dating #disasters

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#appalled #fact #i #life #literally

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#been #before #committee #fbi #few

Can you tell me what it means to waive your rights?" I hold my breath as Jacob hesitates. And then slowly, beautifully, the right fist he's been banging against the wooden railing unfurls and is raised over his head, moving back and forth like a metronome. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#legal #literal #beauty

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#attitude #become #can-do #disenchanted #example

I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#entirely #had #hear #i #literally

In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#anymore #because #character #character actor #doors