We loved the language in Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country,' which is really about the region, while in 'True Grit' it's more about period: people did speak more formally and floridly.
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose styli... TOMMY LEE JONES Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times. JOHN GLENN And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's b... STEPHEN KING I think talking about one's love life is always... It's a Pandora's box, best kept in jo... EMMA CAULFIELD Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about... JAMES ALTUCHER La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I&... 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AURORA 'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and ... LAURA ARRILLAGA-ANDREESSEN Well, we're about 24 million subscribers today, and that's up from about 15 million a year a... REED HASTINGS 'Arrival' talks very little about language and how to precisely dissect a foreign language. ... DENIS VILLENEUVE The show is definitely not just about weight-loss physically. It's more about finding yourself. ... RAVEN GOODWIN Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids. BRAD PITT When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about ... EDDIE MARSAN In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's ... NEIL GAIMAN My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a payc... JOE BIDEN To me, country music's about life. It's about Monday through Friday. It's the blue-colla... GARY ALLAN There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newp... ADAM BRODY On 'Grey's Anatomy,' I didn't have to move too much. I think I ran through the hospi... ERIC DANE Everyone always wants to talk about 'True Blood' and 'Battlestar Galactica' - no one... MICHELLE FORBES I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. I... TED SARANDOS Examining other people's motivations, other people's language and other people's way of ... BETH BRODERICK We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what yo... VICTORIA LEGRAND For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more a... ACE FREHLEY Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life. LARRY GELBART Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace... PAUL WELLSTONE Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So... ARUNDHATI ROY 'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find ... AVAN JOGIA Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories... LOUISE FRESCO Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about... CHARLIZE THERON Creating jobs for your country's workers is about much more than ensuring that the balance sheet... CHRYSTIA FREELAND We're all concerned about the budget. We're all concerned about what's happening financi... JAMES F. AMOS With women empowerment and women coming together, it's not about being better than the guys or w... BECKY LYNCH How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record i... WILL.I.AM I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once... ALEX STEFFEN We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It&... ANNIE LENNOX if you can't have the one you love, you can love the one you have IRAZ 'DEALOVA' So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for '... MARK BURNETT I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared ab... MONICA BELLUCCI The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own s... PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,' and that's the only fi... ALAN RICKMAN There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man... CHARLES MORGAN I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I... DAVE DAVIES I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are iron... DAN SAVAGE I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really ... CASS MCCOMBS The way people appear in the gossip papers, as they're depicted as celebrities, it's not oft... CASEY AFFLECK With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there... DAN FUTTERMAN That's a lovely starting point for me as an actor: the question of what will we - or can we - do... EDDIE REDMAYNE Texture is very important. Just the feel of everything. It's not always about recording everythi... WASHED OUT It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irrespo... BILL O'REILLY It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irrespo... BILL O'REILLY With tech companies, whoever's the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, 'Is this... BILL GATES Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the langu... ANTHONY BOURDAIN With stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes. AZIZ ANSARI We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no e... ANGELA DUCKWORTH The really good thing about 'Sleepy Hollow' is you have no idea who's going to die when.... TOM MISON It turns out that people - in every country in the world, there's a segment of buyer that wants ... TIM COOK I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some r... JACK OSBOURNE You can't wrestle forever. It's a very physically taxing job. There's no doubt about it.... CHRIS JERICHO I think what makes 'Maze Runner' so unique is that it is a brotherhood. It's really abou... DEXTER DARDEN Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allo... BERNADETTE DEVLIN It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. BERNADETTE DEVLIN One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each o... BERNADETTE DEVLIN To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. BERNADETTE DEVLIN I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Spe... HARVEY WEINSTEIN I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more ... LARRY WILCOX
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