Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.
Oils have the most wonderful effect on the complexion due to their high affinity with the skin.
Jerusalem artichokes have a great affinity with nuts. I love them with chopped walnuts or almonds, lemon juice, garlic, herbs and plenty of olive oil.
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve had this affinity to connect with spirits and talk to them.
The affinity of blood or pure haemoglobins for oxygen is a complex phenomenon, depending upon a number of conditions, the most important of which are temperature and hydrogen ion concentration.
I grew up loving monsters. I’m just a total monster geek. When I was a kid, I had the Aurora monster models, and I would make them. I loved the Universal horror movies and the Hammer movies. I just had an affinity for them.
Keep pushing people into their racial affinity groups, keep telling us to identify with our race and you know what will happen? Some White people will actually take you up on that and guess what? You’ll have more real, actual racists.
I have been following the Premier League very closely because once you have been a footballer you have an affinity with the game.
The affinity towards suits was a functional thing for me early on because I was thrifting at secondhand shops, and it was also initially a way of grieving – my father had passed, and he used to wear suits all the time.
Films like ‘Satya,’ ‘Company’ needed a pan-Indian audience. The affinity for Hindi film and subjects was there.
I had an affinity for criminal law because I came from that background. I understood it. A lot of lawyers of color understand the inequities of the system and become defense attorneys.
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it’s natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I’m afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what’s there, to embrace it. I don’t know why, but I’m drawn.
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