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Captivated by its discipline, humanity forgets and goes on forgetting that it is the discipline of chess players, not of angels. -- Jorge Luis Borges
I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture. -- Tim Gunn
I'm always captivated by stories of women who find a way to be daring - misbehaving women. -- Sue Monk Kidd
I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A. -- Edward Ruscha
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. -- George Eliot
Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture. -- Susie Orbach
No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old. -- Peter Jackson
I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what I like to watch. -- Nikki Cox
I have always been free with my love - it is my nature. I am easily captivated by men and they have always been attracted to me. -- Christine Keeler
I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months. -- Susan Minot
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other. -- Mary Oliver
But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it. -- Lara Flynn Boyle
Never in my life have I been captivated by by anybody onscreen the way I was when I saw Audrey Hepburn for the first time. She's everything a woman should be. -- Jennifer Love Hewitt
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children. -- Kitty Kelley
But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box. -- Bob Balaban
As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me. -- Robert Osborne
I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art. -- Ryan Reynolds
Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try. -- Curtis Sittenfeld
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights. -- Marian Wright Edelman
Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington. -- John C. Maxwell
A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did. -- Martin Filler
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led to another as I discovered other facets to my characters I wanted to investigate further. -- Jennifer Chiaverini
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest. -- LeRoy Neiman
I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen. -- Lucy Walker
For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all captivated me by providing glimpses into realms about which I knew very little - medical science, submarine technology and the law. -- Dan Brown
I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies. -- Suzy Menkes
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated! -- Rachel Tucker
Small minds are captivated by trifles. -- Ovid
I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show. -- Taylor Swift
It was ironic; he held her captive, yet she'd captivated him. -- Jeaniene Frost
We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose. -- Bob Goff
I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions. -- Cosima Spender
This extraordinary group has absolutely captivated my imagination, knocked my socks off - what more can I say? -- Michael Tilson Thomas
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play. -- Vladimir Kramnik
Perhaps because technology so dominates our existence, more and more it seems that the young reader is captivated by fantasy. -- Anita Nair
We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible. -- Lewis H. Lapham
Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market. -- Warren Buffett
I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition. -- Doug Aitken
Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good. -- Friedrich Schiller
The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him. -- Ibn Taymiyyah
I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak. -- John Amaechi
Posterity will surely be amazed, and I hope vastly amused, that such slipshod and unconvincing theorizing should have so easily captivated twentieth-century minds and been so widely and recklessly applied. -- Malcolm Muggeridge
Some people are crazy in love. They are so captivated to where they've lost themselves. Do not be lured in so deep that you lose the essence of who you truly are. -- Amaka Imani Nkosazana
We're living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We've become a very visual society, so I think it's a very natural thing that people are captivated with the illustrations in a story. -- Stan Lee
Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated. -- Giacomo Casanova
Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated." -- Giacomo Casanova
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable characters and the perfectly paced revelations of their surprising relationships. -- Andrea Barrett

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