Still today, I cannot cross the threshold of a teaching institution without physical symptoms, in my chest and my stomach, of discomfort or anxiety. And yet I have never left school.
Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.
Patent battles have become a strong catalyst for mergers, reducing competition in various domains. The largest corporations, with gigantic patent portfolios, routinely enter into cross-licensing agreements with their largest competitors.
I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses.
There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not a 1-to-1 translation. It's a crossing of ideas that generates the stories that you see in print.
Rev. Hosea Williams: [while making their first attempt at crossing the bridge, Reverend Williams looks towards the water and then at John L. Lewis and asks] Can you swim?
I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road.
I don't think it's ungracious to seek cosmetic help - it has crossed my mind from time to time, and I have been tempted. But it's too short-term. Once you start down that road, you have to keep going.
I've had insomnia since I was a little kid and I never sleep well. Sometimes I sleep very badly and sometimes I sleep slightly badly. I get it especially when I'm on tour because you cross a lot of time zones, and I'm not very adaptable.
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave.
Noah Cross: I hope you don't mind. I believe they should be served with the head. Jake Gittes: Fine. Long as you don't serve chicken that way.
Bill Foster: [Two LA gangbangers threaten to charge Foster a toll for crossing their turf, Foster responds] Listen fellows, I've had a really rare morning...
[Oddball sees that the bridge he wants to cross is intact and is pleased with himself] Oddball: It's still up! [a plane flies over the bridge and bombs it... direct hit] Oddball: No it ain't.
Tom Reagan: If you want me to keep my mouth shut, it's gonna cost you some dough. I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two.
Bernie: Don't smart me! See I wanna watch you squirm; I wanna see you sweat a little, and when you smart me... it ruins it.
Verna: Leo's got the right idea. I like him, he's honest and he's got a heart. Tom Reagan: Then it's true what they say. Opposites attract.
Eddie Dane: I am gonna send you to a deep, dark place and I am gonna have fun doing it!
Johnny Caspar: [after killing Eddie Dane] That son of a bitch! I had a feeling about this son of a bitch! We silence him! And we do the same to Mink this very night!
Verna: That's not why you came, either. Tom Reagan: Tell me why I came. Verna: [seductively] The oldest reason there is. Tom Reagan: There are friendlier places to drink.
Tom Reagan: Hello, Brian. Still fighting the good fight? Cop - Brian: Hello, Tom! Neither rain nor wind nor snow... Tom Reagan: That's the mailman!
Tom Reagan: You don't hold elected office in this town. You run it because people think you do. They stop thinking it you stop running it.
