I am not a pure fiction writer, nor am I an academic writer. Somehow I ended up in this blended area of literary journalism.

I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.

All my characters are quite relatable, as they are flawed, true, and honest. All of us are flawed; nobody is pure and pious.

I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out of it as I can.

Here it is, 2011, and I feel zero shame when I tell you I would like to marry my smartphone. It is a handful of pure delight.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

At the end of my daily yoga routine, lying on the floor in Corpse Pose, I feel as though I am floating in a sea of pure love.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

For any band that ends up becoming really big, yeah, hard work has something to do with it, but a lot of it is just pure luck.

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

I have been blessed to be born and brought up in Uttarakhand, in the midst of all that snow, plus pure and divine environment.

Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.

My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.

'Victoria and Abdul' will surely tickle the hearts of many and prove that love has no definition. It can be pure and priceless.

There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.

There's a long tradition in Western thought that humans are not shackled by biology, whereas animals are pure instinct machines.

There are many kinds of truth. But truth communicated by beauty is the only pure one. The only one that touches me in the heart.

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.

I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.

When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.

To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

I've always been so uninterested in playing any kind of archetype of some pure, innocent, virginal woman. I just don't believe it.

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

The U.S. is not pure capitalism. In fact, there's no place for pure capitalism, unregulated capitalism. We have a regulated system.

In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart.

We check everything to make sure it is pure and of the highest quality. There is good wine and bad wine; we buy only the good wine.

There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathematics in its relation to physics.

For me, 'Far Beyond Driven' just had an oomph that kicked it over the edge and just pure aggression. And I always appreciated that.

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.

I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community.

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

The men and women that I've worked with on the police force are some of the most honest, heroic, and pure human beings I've ever met.

Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.

If someone chooses a vocational route, why do they not get the same respect in society as someone who just does a pure academic route?

I feel the grandparent-grandchild relationship is one of the most innocent and selfless ones. It is all about pure love and affection.

Being pure in my voice has always served me the best. Anytime I've tried to hide my light under a bushel, it's never done me any good.

No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever.

The internet has given pure equality to everyone. The cream rises to the top. It is the era of not take a job, but create your own job.

It's really hard to compete with Apple on pure coolness, and if you do, you're probably going to use some of the things they pioneered.

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.

Illustrating is more about communicating specific ideas to a reader. Painting is more like pure science, more about the act of painting.

Mythology contains a rich history of legendary weapons, most famously 'Excalibur,' weapons that could only be used by the pure of heart.

'Grbavica' is first of all a story about love, about love that is not pure because it has been mixed with hate, disgust, trauma, despair.

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that's pure sugar, because the stakes are so low.

Having your stuff online - some people think of it as gimmicky, but in a way, it's one of the most pure forms of having your work judged.

Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.'

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