Jake Sully: [Narrating] Up ahead was Pandora. You grew up hearing about it, but I never figured I'd be goin' there.
Michel Poiccard: Reminds me of the one about the condemned man. Climbing the scaffold stairs, he trips, and says, "It figures... "
For more than two decades, Barry Diller has been among the most respected - and feared - figures in the entertainment industry.
Hold a retrospective approach in your spirit to figure out your loopholes and try to forge out for filling them for a lucrative self growth
I wanted to be a genetic engineer. That was my goal in college. I wanted to figure out what the codon sequence was that causes replication in a cardio myopathic virus. That was my goal.
I figure it's a European thing to eat cheese and crackers before a meal - that's my afternoon snack, or I do it before dinner.
If the hairs on my neck stand up while I'm writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.
When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think.
Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.
I am private because I'm still figuring things out. I'm young! I'm making it up as I go!
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.
I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.
Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.
Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.
The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.
Small details are a vital part of allowing a reader to make an imaginative connection with long dead historical figures.
