Away Quotes

It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.

We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once.

You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great if they can bring that issue to public attention. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was interested in committing to something that I could function in whether I was Debra Winger or not. Because nobody might care about that next week.

Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five.

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.

Being a starving company isn't fun for anyone. Most that go away need to go away... but certainly not all.

The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating, I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.

I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes.

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world.

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.

Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.

Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.

I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare.

I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.

I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?