A lot of me is very up and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.
During the Cold War we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Writing has laws of perspective of light and shade just as painting does or music. If you are born knowing them fine. If not learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.
If a window of opportunity appears don't pull down the shade.
With Ricky Gervais it's all shades of wrong it's my kind of humor.
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh how beautiful ' and sitting in the shade.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
But friendship is precious not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
I'm reading a lot of different books but I always think I have to switch it up a little bit. It's like food - everything in moderation same with my books same with my reading. You read books that are good for you and you learn a lot of stuff then you read 'Fifty Shades of Grey ' which is like candy.
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.
Well there's different shades of Hollywood sure. I mean I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.
Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.