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Letter "E" » Elevators
«Sometimes when I sit own to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring for the elevator man and offer him money to come in and hear me»
Author: Arthur Rubinstein
(Composer, Pianist)
| Keywords:
elevator, Elevators, elevator man, One Ring, stifle
«The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.»
Author: Edward Dahlberg
(Novelist)
| Keywords:
automatic, cafeteria, cafeterias, comforts, depriving, elevator, Elevators, escalator, escalators, merchant, populace, self-service, self interest, specious, volition
«I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'»
«Flat-out flatness, the hard line of the horizon. I like the little towns with their handfuls of buildings huddled close to the grain elevators, like medieval towns clustered around their cathedrals.»
«The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.»
«I certainly hear the Trombones Unlimited version of 'Daydream' in a lot of elevators.»
Author: John Sebastian
(Singer, Song Writer)
| Keywords:
daydream, Daydreams, Elevators, trombone, trombones, unlimited, version
«A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see that special guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking and saying 'Long time no see'»
«After 30 minutes watching TV you belive you're on drugs. They're perfect in trying to turn you into nothing more than mindless consumers. For example there is a melancholic movie on, and right after they send advertising for mood elevators and the people will but it because we are so conditioned to consume!»
«The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.»
Author: Greta Garbo
(Actress)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
back door, bother, Elevators, entrances, Entrance to, entrancing, other ways, The Story
«If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.»
Author: Sam Levenson
(Author, Humorist)
| Keywords:
button, Die in, elevator, Elevators, push, push button
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