#technique

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

#american #american culture #compound #culture #device

I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#addition #depth #i #matter #storytelling

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#educational #gallup #goals #going #helpful

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#almost #coming #irrelevant #me #technique

When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out. ↗

— Frank Stella

#any #get #i #laying #like

I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography. ↗

— Yvonne Strahovski

#been #camping #choreography #dancer #days

To try to be authentic these days, to ask questions of the people in power - it's difficult. This administration has evolved new techniques to handle people like me. Their strategy, in a word, is simple: ignore them. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#ask #authentic #days #difficult #evolved

I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#film #i #stage #techniques #theatrical

I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music. ↗

— Robert Morris

#guarantee #i #idea #just #music

Bruno: Shannon (Elizabeth week 7 of 6th season of DWTS) the tango really is a bitch of dance to master. and i am happy to say : this was fascinating. you were like a silent movie vamp, "i love you, i leave you, i dont care!" that was right. that's the way to go. Tom: you know, i bet you've had that fight all by yourself frequently ↗

— Bruno Tonioli

#dancing #shannon-elizabeth #silent-movie #stars #tango