Now I know the
Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics. Gagan Narang
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Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics. Gagan Narang
It’s an honor, indeed I’m glad, to join in giving a warm reception to a book that has given me many delightful moments. Enrique Vila-Matas
I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching. Ellie Goulding
And we certainly don’t have full conversations on cellphones. You know? Usually the reception is so bad, but it’s only bad on your side. The person talking to you has no clue. They’re just rambling on and on. You’ve got your finger jammed in your ear, you’re shushing people on the streets. You’re ducked behind … Read more
There are many possible interpretations of what it means to create dangerously, and Albert Camus, like the poet Osip Mandelstam, suggests that it is creating as a revolt against silence, creating when both the creation and the reception, the writing and the reading, are dangerous undertakings, disobedience to a directive. Edwidge Danticat
[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth’s changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has all the character of a great epic. Edward Forbes
The artist’s business is to take sorrow when it comes. The depth and capacity of his reception is the measure of his art; and when he turns his back on his own suffering, he denies the very laws of his being and closes the door on everything that can ever make him great. Freya Stark
Pulling heads off Barbies, sticking them on the TV antenna and ruining the reception. But thats how witch babies are. Francesca Lia Block
[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven’t talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today – including the bride and groom. Dorothy Parker
I don’t know what reception I’m at, but for God’s sake give me a gin and tonic. Denis Thatcher