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I work in theater, so I am always working in front of empty chairs. They represent a future presence. They are never just chairs.
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
A.I.G. was even larger than Lehman, with a substantial presence in derivatives and debt markets, as well as in insurance markets.
Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.
As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.
The steel business is a local business. We do believe in the U.S. economy and would like to have a strong, balanced presence here.
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
When you're in a church, and you're singing about the presence of the Lord, it is so hard not to get overjoyed because I know Him.
Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
I was extremely close to my mother-in-law and after she, and later my father-in-law passed away, I continue to feel their presence.
With any minority group, it takes a strong presence in the public eye to make a change because everything nowadays is social media.
My presence is to instigate and incite the people for any change they want, and for not having a change that they don't wish to do.
When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
The reader knows the writer better than he knows himself; but the writer's physical presence is light from a star that has moved on.
I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.
It certainly must help us if we recognize that it is the presence of the Holy Spirit which creates a unity which we can never create.
Earth is a stunningly lovely planet for so many reasons. Among these is the wondrous presence of curious, artful, inventive humanity.
With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now.
With comedy it's all about timing and presence on screen, as the words are there but you have to say them right and the right timing.
A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.
I work very hard on my body, and I'm not just known for my six-pack or my body. I also believe that I have pretty good camera presence.
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
I've always been a strong presence on social media. That's how I've connected with my fans, and in doing that, I'm allowing them to win.
Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.
If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
People trust my voice. And my expertise, honestly, is not political science. It's emotion and expression and sort of presence, you know?
Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else.
With my aunt, I definitely can relate to how she makes a movie because she does it with her own demeanor, which isn't this loud presence.
At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life.
I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.
I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.
We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.
It's hard to solo when you're walking around, especially when you're in Michael Jackson's presence. There are easier things in life to do.
Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.
I must demonstrate I'm closer to people - a simpler, calmer presence, yet someone who can also make decisions and obtain promised results.
Fort Bragg is an enormously important presence as the home to the 82nd Airborne and the Global Response Force of the XVIII Airborne Corps.
A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.
You don't realize how much a dog's presence defines the contours of your home until, in its absence, the walls seem to relocate themselves.
I am never going to be much of a physical presence. For me, it's more about taking my strength and finding a way to use it as an advantage.
What I want to do is encourage more of that, more deaf presence in TV, movies, acting, modeling - that's really what I want to work toward.
I am basically very introvert and shy, but when in the presence of the audience, my celeb image requires me to reciprocate their affection.
My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.
Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.
I feel that I'm very much in touch with my father's spirit and presence. I feel it, sense it and take much energy and inspiration from that.
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.