Edan Lepucki

I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.

American Novelist

A. Philip Randolph

We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.

American Activist

Jill Ellis

My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.

British Coach

Sai Baba

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.

Indian Leader

Rekha

Lots of people feel that I am a fake. But I know that my smile and twinkle exist, reflecting the glow of my creator.

Indian Actress

Lewis Carroll

Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.

English Author

Julian Fellowes

A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.

English Actor

Victor Mature

Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.

Actor

Marilyn Monroe

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

American Actress

Robert Plant

British Musician

Use 'twinkle' for lights that change brightness rapidly, like stars or reflections.

Constantly Changing

'Twinkle' often describes natural light sources, not electronic or artificial ones.

Natural Phenomena

'Twinkle' can express a person radiating happiness or excitement through their expression.

Emotional Radiance

Using 'twinkle' metaphorically suggests vibrant, energetic qualities, not literal light.

Metaphorically Lively

'Twinkle' can symbolize a faint, possibly fleeting, presence of positive emotion or possibility.

Symbol of Hope

Use 'twinkle' for light or emotion that is present but not overwhelming.

Subtle Presence

Describes a quick, playful act often shared as a secret or private joke.

Playful Gesture

Use may imply informality or a casual interaction between people.

Colloquial Expression

A twinkle in the eye can show delight or pleasure, often silently.

Indication of Delight

Implies a subtle, nonverbal communication of feelings or intentions.

Subtle Communication

 of fiber optics, which twinkle like the night sky. And it's at the scale of the night sky. So we wrapped this around a blob-like form, which is in the shape of a teddy bear, which was hanging from the ceiling. And the idea was to sort of contrast something very cold and distant and abstract like the universe

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 used to sit and look up at the sky and say, "What are those twinkling lights?" They built the first curriculum, but we've lost sight of those wondrous questions. We've brought it down to the tangent of an angle. But that's not sexy enough. The way you would put it to a nine-year-old is to say,

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 Do the stars look different? The stars look gorgeous, but they don't twinkle because there's no atmosphere. During the day, it's just black. And that is, to me, the most riveting thing. - I can see stars. - That is space! - What is happening right now? - She's afraid of space.

National Geographic goes...

 surface and the miners crawled on their bellies and collected them by the handful sometimes they would go out to search for diamonds at night when they twinkled in the moonlight it was the richest deposit ever found one-fifth of all the world's gem diamonds come from

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 And this kind and empathetic man told great jokes and asked even better questions. He was a lawyer and a writer, and his eyes twinkled when he laughed and they squeezed tight when I kissed him and at some point in the evening, our zero date became a first date.

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 are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how stars and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.

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 than their predecessors, seeming to capture its motion, for instance, across sun-dappled waters, or here in star light that twinkles and melts through milky waves of blue night sky. The effect is caused by luminance,

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 North Dakota I I am always laughing when I'm taking pictures I just think life is so funny and and I just makes me happy to find a way to look at something that has a little bit of a twinkle and this is

A Camera, Two Kids and a...

 behind the boars not just alive but living again the way I'd known him as a child and then something more something deeper twinkled under his tired eyebrows a spark of something I had never seen before

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 to medical science a rare condition called heme ilaria can produce tears partially composed of blood but twinkles bleeding isn't restricted to her eyes