Mira Nair

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.

Indian Director

Jack Garratt

I remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing all those things. When I was about ten, I realised I could get attention by doing that, so when I was eleven, I started writing songs.

British Musician

Trevor Noah

You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.

South African Comedian

Gerald Vizenor

Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.

American Writer

Saul Alinsky

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

American Activist

Jon Hopkins

I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds.

English Musician

Sarah Cooper

Women say things that are direct - they are told they are too abrasive. I got that feedback in the corporate world.

Jamaican Comedian

Hal Needham

You can only fall so far through a tree before the limbs become abrasive to your body.

American Director

Tim Curry

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

British Actor

Flume

I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.

Australian Musician

Describes how something feels to touch, often uncomfortable.

Physical Texture

Commonly used in manufacturing for refining surfaces.

Industrial Use

Can damage fragile items; use with caution on sensitive materials.

Not for Delicates

Indicates a person's manner may be off-putting or offensive.

Social Interactions

May cause hurt feelings or be interpreted as aggressive.

Emotional Impact

Use cautiously when referring to someone to avoid misunderstanding.

Handle With Care

Refers to products designed to scrub or wear away grime.

Cleaning Agent

Used before painting or coating to create an ideal surface.

Surface Preparation

Abrasives come in various levels of coarseness for different tasks.

Different Grades

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Salt Mines of Mali PIPE...

 just need to be authoritative and ambitious in order to succeed. But women walk a tightrope, where they may be seen as abrasive if they're authoritative