quotes about Gist
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The gist of the Twist is chiefly in the hips
-- Chubby Checker -
Intermittently she caught the gist of his sentences and supplied the rest from her subconscious, as one picks up the striking of a clock in the middle with only the rhythm of the first uncounted strokes lingering in the mind.
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Everything stated or expressed by man is a note in the margin of a completely erased text. From what's in the note we can extract the gist of what must have been in the text, but there's always a doubt, and the possible meanings are many.
-- Fernando Pessoa -
I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter.
-- Helena Bonham Carter -
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I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.
-- Jack VanceSource : Jack Vance (2000). “Rhialto the Marvellous”, p.601, Macmillan
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As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the... story can provide some guide for a fluent reading.
-- Marie Clay -
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
-- Ralph Fiennes -
If we all can figure out how to work together then we are the embodiment of salvation for our entire planet. We have the capabilities of it. That's the gist of it.
-- Matt Corby -