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messiness


  • n  a state of confusion and disorderliness
  • n  the trait of being untidy and messy

  • But because they are also passionately devoted to realism, what could have been a preachy TV editorial is instead a story of real people in all their unpredictable messiness.
  • And a whopping messiness--a mess of unprecedented proportions--did indeed result.
  • And we never have to see the cases go through the messiness of a trial.
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    Switched at Birth(8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on FAM) Toby and Nikki's relationship is strained by work and wedding planning, so Bay tries to help Toby find a release by booking a gig for his band. Meanwhile, Regina and Bay's messiness irks Angelo; and Jace introduces Daphne to a new adventure.
    June 24, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Quotes

  • Brad Pitt in CBS News
    Anything worth anything is a beast. The thing I don't understand is looking at this as a failure. It's talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn't flawless,Pitt said. "Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful,...
  • Nicholas Lemann in Slate
    Nicholas Lemann writes that the conspiracy theorist "mistakenly empowers particular, and evil, forces with the ability to determine the course of events, and it misses the messiness and contingency with which life actually unfolds."
  • Stephen Dorff in Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
    Traditionally, fight scenes are all very choreographed beat by beat,says Dorff. "But, Ric wanted the messiness. We mapped out all the scenes, but the moves happened spontaneously. It was very frenetic."

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