I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.
I usually get those parts which are slightly set away, a bit weird, so I am good at that!
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature reader to accept.
Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible.
To be likeable as a woman, it seems, you have to ensure that you’re also non-threatening and slightly useless.
Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.
Humanity is mind-controlled and only slightly more conscious than your average zombie.
I played a homosexual bodyguard in 'The Last Detective,' and that was quite a pleasure to do something slightly different. I was a very camp bodyguard!
My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.
I like my ladies lady-ish, feminine so to speak. I love jeans and hoodies, but the idea of being an ultimate tomboy does slightly confuse me.
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.
I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.
I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word 'accessible.'
It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.
