It gets too easy to write from the point of view of a male character of my age, with the same cultural frame of reference.
You could refer to me as god and the odd curtsey wouldn’t go a miss either
Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.
When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it.
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
The fiction I'm most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.
The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers.
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
I've never seen 'Friends;' I've never seen 'Seinfeld.' I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them.
The Bible refers to the Word as 'the sword of the Spirit.' What battles are you not winning if you are not equipped with your sword?
My identity is always at the forefront, and I also think that every article that is written about me refers to me as an Israeli architect.
I've had a chance to see something that is way outside everybody else's frame of reference and gives a perspective that is very different from everyone else's.
I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead for 50 years.
I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's entertaining, if it's interesting, it justifies its being there.
I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that.
Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.
Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.
Forget I ever referred to my mother and screwing in the same sentence. That's just .... wrong. On so many levels.
With new artists, you really don't have anything to reference. You're helping to develop their sound, define who they are vocally.
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.