Elusive Quotes
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What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
Willa Cather
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The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it
Alan Watts
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I`ve sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn`t solidify it in my mind and I wouldn`t know how to solidify that title. It`s so elusive and what does it mean, I don`t know?
Rachel McAdams
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That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me as a young adult were not that great, but I was taking them anyway to pay the rent. And the more bad roles in bad movies I took, the less anybody wanted m...
Jackie Earle Haley
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(on researching his role as Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007)) I read a lot of correspondence dating from that period. Decent middle-class lives with wives and children were abandoned to pursue this elusive possibility. They were bank clerks and shi...
Daniel Day-Lewis
Keywords: 2007 :: abandoned :: agents :: and :: as :: bank :: be :: blood :: children :: class :: clerks :: correspondence :: decent :: elusive :: from :: his :: in :: lives :: lot :: middle :: of :: on :: period :: plainview :: possibility :: pursue :: read :: researching :: role :: shipping :: that :: there :: they :: this :: to :: were :: will :: with :: wivesSource: imdb.com
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Flamboyance doesn`t suit me. I enjoy being elusive.
Alec Guinness
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I don`t know where I am, but I never know where I am. I was born in China, then my parents moved to Taiwan, where we were outsiders, then to the States, then back to China, then back here. I trust the elusive world created by movies more than anything els...
Ang Lee
Keywords: am :: anything :: back :: born :: but :: by :: china :: created :: don :: else :: elusive :: here :: in :: know :: live :: more :: moved :: movies :: my :: never :: outsiders :: parents :: states :: taiwan :: than :: the :: then :: to :: trust :: was :: we :: were :: where :: worldSource: imdb.com
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Stop, shadow of my elusive beloved/ Image of enchantment that I most desire/ Beautiful illusion for whom I happily die/ Sweet fiction for whom I painfully live.
Arthur Jacobus
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Services are an elusive concept that require a qualitative judgment.
Ashlin Miller
Source: thinkexist.com
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Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country.
Alexis Adamjee
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In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver`s license became about much more than a divorced woman`s learning to drive for the first time.
Suzanne Vega
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If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there`s very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it`s melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.
Branford Marsalis
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
Albanian Proverb
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I`ve sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn`t solidify it in my mind and I wouldn`t know how to solidify that title. It`s so elusive and what does it mean, I don`t know?
Rachel McAdams
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I think comedy`s something you can`t learn. It`s an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.
Julie Walters
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I don`t think we`re going to find too many running backs, whether it`s 1-A, 2-A, 3-A or 4-A that are as good as that kid. He reads his blocks well. He`s a strong kid. He`s got good speed, and he`s elusive. That makes for the total package for a running ba...
David Thompson
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He`s something else. He`s a Barry Sanders type back. He`s very elusive.
Ashraf Qazi
Source: thinkexist.com
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And there are no stars and that you`re never really sure who`s doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It`s supposed to be quite elusive.
Damon Albarn
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A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq.
Tom Lantos
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[It showed on the field. Butler made four tackles against New England and ran down elusive Doug Flutie for a 5-yard sack. He added a pass defensed.] I just go out there and make plays, ... I`m just trying to make the team.
James Butler
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Adam Loewen
Keywords: after :: and :: arduous :: attitude :: clearer :: clearness :: crystal :: deceptive :: elusive :: finds :: in :: into :: is :: itself :: life :: light :: long :: of :: our :: path :: quest :: resolves :: silence :: soul :: the :: truth :: whatSubject: Silence QuotesSource: quotationspage.com
