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It's an interesting door opening, this use of sonic signalling - using sound to alert us in a more subtle way than a beep.
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.
Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film.
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.
I've been trying to make this argument that digital comics and print comics are both art, but there are subtle differences.
Kant's position is extremely subtle - so subtle, indeed, that no commentator seems to agree with any other as to what it is.
If you ask me about my chosen colour palette for the clothes I wear myself, I'm usually one for more neutral, subtle shades.
In their precise tracings-out and subtle causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum.
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.
Dragon fruit is very subtle, very delicate. So you want to be careful not to kill it with things that have very strong flavor.
I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.
I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.
Human intelligence is a marvelous, subtle, and poorly understood phenomenon. There is no danger of duplicating it anytime soon.
It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.
Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.
My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
Author's Notes: This story starts with section 6. This is not a mistake. I have my own subtle reasoning. So, just read, and enjoy.
We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.
Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it.
Being a Kathak dancer, learning Bharathanatyam was a challenge as it was not that subtle, when compared to my natural form of dance.
In my films, I either want the music to be very subtle and very buried or just put it right out in front and be super blunt with it.
Science proceeds by successive answers to questions more and more subtle, coming nearer and nearer to the very essence of phenomena.
Honestly, I don't aspire to be a huge movie star. I really just fell in love with acting... Everything I do on-screen is very subtle.
God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.
We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.
Copywriting cuts the communication cord between word and feeling. By offering instant gratification, it atrophies more subtle emotions.
The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.
In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.
Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.
We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.
Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.
You don't get on by being original. You don't get on by being bright. You don't get on by being strong. You get on by being a subtle crook.
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men don't have to.
In films, the camera catches each nuance of expression in close ups. On the stage, it is less subtle, you have to act with your whole body.
What fetched me instantly (and thousands of other newcomers with me) was the subtle but unmistakable sense of escape from the United States.
That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.
What I've appreciated about the 'Bond' films is there's always been a subtle social relevance to them. They've always commented on the times.
A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.
I was tired of everyone saying that when you write about race in America, it has to be nuanced, it has to be subtle, it has to be this and that.
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.
I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.
I think when an actor feels like they're being watched with great sensitivity and a subtle eye and a nose for truthfulness, that has some effect.
WorldView-3 goes into the mid-infrared wavelength, allowing you to see very subtle geological differences on the sites at a 0.4-metre resolution.
The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.
There were a couple times with close-ups where I tended to overact. I would use more of my face than I needed to. I learned how to be more subtle.