Johnny Depp

Things go wrong for me all the time with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old-school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.

American Actor

Graham Potter

From a football perspective, putting young footballers into art, or singing - you're doing something that's not so familiar. It has helped us build a team and build a spirit.

English Businessman

Esther Dyson

Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.

American Businesswoman

Frank Lowy

To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.

Australian Businessman

Mike Patton

There's a danger in anything that is unfamiliar. That's the world we live in.

American Musician

Marc Platt

Watching familiar characters take unexpected turns is very appealing.

American Producer

Annaleigh Ashford

I love finding ways to make familiar characters into someone unique.

American Actress

Ednita Nazario

And, more important, none of Paul's music feels unfamiliar to me.

Annalee Newitz

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

American Journalist

Michel de Montaigne

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

French Philosopher

Think of 'familiar' to highlight personal experiences when you've encountered something before.

Experience Reinforcement

'Familiar' is often used to express a feeling of vague recognition, even if details are forgotten.

Recognition Cue

Use 'familiar' to describe someone who behaves in a warm, friendly way, like a friend would.

Warm Connection

'Familiar' can convey a sense of comfort and ease in interactions, similar to being with close ones.

Emotional Tone

In storytelling, 'familiar' might refer to magical companions, adding a mystical element.

Literary Device

'Familiar' can suggest something is so common in everyday life that it's no longer noteworthy.

Everyday Normality

Use 'familiar' to indicate that a situation or object doesn't surprise you because of its regularity.

Not Surprising

'Familiar' may suggest someone is being too casual and potentially disrespectful in a serious setting.

Informal Tone

Being 'familiar' can mistakenly come off as rude if the level of intimacy isn't mutual.

Respect Boundaries

 Now, doing this is easier said than done. It's very hard to know, by the way, what it is you take for granted. And the reason is that you take it for granted. Let me ask you something you may take for granted. How many of you here are over the age of 25? That's not what you take for granted, I'm sure you're familiar with that.

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 Wishing to be represented in the paintings they financed, these merchants preferred middle class subjects depicted in spaces that looked like their own homes surrounded by familiar objects. The maps that appear in Vermeer's paintings, for example, were considered fashionable and worldly

Why is Vermeer's "Girl...

 but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties. If that sounds familiar, it's because the historical conflicts known as the Wars of the Roses

The wars that inspired...

 grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. There's also narcissistic personality disorder, a more extreme form, which we'll return to shortly. Grandiose narcissism is the most familiar kind, characterized by extroversion, dominance, and attention seeking.

The psychology of...

 The journey begins and ends in a hero's ordinary world, but the quest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some key events. Think about your favorite book or movie. Does it follow this pattern?

What makes a hero? -...

 even if it costs you your friends and family, or stick with comfortable and familiar illusions? Truth or habit? Light or shadow? Hard choices, but if it's any consolation, you're not alone. There are lots of us down here.

Plato’s Allegory of the...

 term I'm very familiar with people are perhaps confused with how to manage and cope with the situation now for I can help when I was in my mid-thirties I had a meeting with my editor and it was my

How to deal with...

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Mexican Witchcraft PIPE...

 An unfamiliar chimp call raises the tension. It's an uncertain time. The size of the rival group is as yet unknown.

Chimpanzee Cannibalism PIPE...

 Light, bright, and cheerful. It's some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music.