ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELIRIUM
From Latin: madness, from dēlīrāre, literally: to swerve from a furrow, hence be crazy, from de- + līra ridge, furrow.
7 QUOTES WITH «DELIRIUM»
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.
To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.
I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.
Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELIRIUM»
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Delirium (Delirium Trilogy 1)
They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. The story continues in PANDEMONIUM and REQUIEM. And discover Lauren Oliver's stunning first novel, BEFORE I FALL.
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Requiem (
Delirium Trilogy 3)
The final instalment in the internationally bestselling Delirium trilogy.
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Pandemonium (
Delirium Trilogy 2)
Love, the deadliest of all deadly things.
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Delirium: Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine
This volume provides palliative care physicians, specialist nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other health professionals with a clear account of how to recognise and treat delirium, the most common neuro-psychiatric complication ...
Augusto Caraceni, Luigi Grassi, 2011
Digital Delirium is a manifest against the right-wing politics of cyberlibertarianism and for rewiring the question of ethics to digital reality.
Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker, 1997
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Delirium: Acute Confusional States
The only English-language monograph on this subject, it contains over 2,300 references. The first version of this book was published under the title Delirium: Acute Brain Failure in Man in 1980.
Zbigniew Jerzy Lipowski, 1990
A chilling literary thriller follows the leader of a group of computer hackers who oppose the government and the big corporations, the founder of the government's code-breaking unit, and a government agent who fears he works for the wrong ...
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Delirium: An Interpretation of Arthur Rimbaud
In this book, which marks the centenary of Rimbaud's death in November 1891, Jeremy Reed presents a personal and original interpretation of the poet's life in the crucial period in 1873 when Rimbaud was living out the writing of Une saison ...
An English psychoanalyst turns his eye to the phenomenon of soccer mania, arguing that the passion and madness revealed by fans is in fact a therapeutic outlet for life's frustrations.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELIRIUM»
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The Delirium Is Real! Natalia Kills Thinks She Has A No. 1 Hit In The …
The Delirium Is Real! Natalia Kills Thinks She Has A No. 1 Hit In The US! See Her LOL-Worthy Tweet! Natalia Kills has lost it. The British singer ... «Music and Lyrics, Jul 15»
Budget 2015 sketch: George Osborne trumps Labour – and Boris
His delirium was perturbing. He looked in urgent need of a lie-down. After watching him, I was in urgent need of one too. It's safe to say, then, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
State of Origin III: Justin Hodges sets up miracle try in Queensland …
... catching the pass and putting it down for a simple try, sending the hometown Suncorp Stadium crowd into delirium as the Maroons marched ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Record Store Day Trilogy Kevin Mccaighy , July 8th, 2015 10:56
Wah wah pedal delirium and a brisk pace customise Eno's original into a repository of exposition and extension, pushing out the parameters ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
For Those Who Rocked: AC/DC Live At Wembley
... the crowd erupts in a frenzy of delirium that sees pint pots flying through the air, two-finger devil horn signs reaching out and air guitars being ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
Three decades on death row Glenn Ford: An American tragedy
He apparently wandered away from his home after suffering from delirium caused by the cancer that had by that point spread throughout his ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
Giants missed Pence, but he doesn't miss a beat
There was delirium in the stands, and then a sweet transition to reverence. There was no reaction but to stand, thousands as one, for a ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
Where to Eat and Cool Off—Or Better Yet, Where to Just Get Hot
Being hot and sweaty makes cold beer taste infinitely better, and being in a state of heat-induced delirium is fun. It can also be a transportive ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
Alcoholics Anonymous: Sobering Thoughts
This fights the devastating loneliness that humans vulnerable to booze and drugs formerly could confront only with more delirium. There is a ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
On Mo Williams, Regrets and Homecomings
Perhaps delirium was just setting in. Or perhaps it was the look of a man who was just notified that he was being traded to the city of Los ... «Waiting For Next Year, Jul 15»
