#literal

We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave. ↗

— Katie Holmes

#became #behave #circumstances #coming #down

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? ↗

— Eugene Kennedy

#enjoy #life #literally #moments #nothing

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#books #focusing #helpful #into #just

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#i #into #literally #myself #put

You never know what you're getting into like some of the best experiences I've ever had have been movies that literally had a million dollar budget and everybody's eating Cheetos all day and running around without permits and trying not to get caught. ↗

— Kathleen Robertson

#around #been #best #budget #caught

Nowadays we are fond of literal translations...That would have seemed a crime to translators in ages past...They wanted to prove that the vernacular was as capable of a great poem as the original. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#translations #age

I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#i #literally #me #medium #open

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#existence #literal #literal sense #most #only

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it. ↗

— Adele

#any #been #cold #curtain #day

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#different #different characters #done #i #literally