Tentativeness Def Quotes & Sayings

I have a color-coded computer spreadsheet that divides things down to chapter fragments. Each character's point-of-view is a different color. The text of the manuscript is color-coded the same way. The last thing I do before submitting the manuscript is turn all those colors back to black. — Neal Shusterman

Italy police arrest 8 in Mafia wind farms plot. Operation "Aeolus," named after the ancient Greek god of winds, netted eight suspects, arrested in the Trapani area of western Sicily [and on the Italian mainland]. Police in Trapani said the local Mafia bribed city officials in nearby Mazara del Vallo so the town would invest in wind farms to produce energy. (Associated Press, 2009 [Google hosted]) — John Etherington

The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity and held safe in an everlasting embrace ... We must dare to opt consciously for our chosenness and not allow our emotions, feelings, or passions to seduce us into self-rejection. — Henri Nouwen

So what?" I challenged, pulling the quilt tighter around myself. "All you're telling me is I won't betray my friends or family. If that's a weakness, it's one I want. — Julie Kagawa

If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility. — Russell Crowe

What's gone will never come back, but it exists when you think of it. — John Frusciante

As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see. — Big Sean

I can't really characterize any country, except to say that we work well with a number of our foreign counterparts. — Barack Obama

Crap. I was hopin' all things ugly had been raptured, but you're still muckin' up the planet."
"We must share the same faith, honey. 'Cause beauty checked out when you showed up. — Courtney Vail

Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb