Evelyne Brochu

Once, I was going to a film event, and someone told me not to wear high heels to it. They said that it might intimidate the men. For some reason, I was ready to take their cue, but about an hour later, something in my head started ringing, and I thought, 'That is the worst advice anybody's ever given me.

Canadian Actress

James Cromwell

I always change my words in everything I do. I make the language fit, because I know the character from the inside out. Often character actors are not in a position to do that, but I do it. I don't change any cue and I never change anybody else's lines, but I make my own words fit my mouth.

American Actor

Jessica Valenti

Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control.

American Writer

Sarah Cooper

The laugh track was invented to cue the audience to the jokes and encourage laughter in response. But it has another effect: if you hear people laughing and you're not, you start to question if maybe there's something wrong with you for not getting it.

Jamaican Comedian

Robert Byrne

It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.

American Author

Robin Weigert

I think when I feel fear, that's often a cue that I should do something. If I begin to feel fear, that's a strong sign, psychologically, that something has its hooks in me somewhere deep.

American Actress

Dallas Roberts

I find that on serialized television it's wiser to hit the ground and look forward, and take the cues from the writers and the events happening, otherwise you just tie yourself in knots.

Jerry Mathers

I don't think a lot of people realize the influence TV has on our kids. Kids take a lot of their cues from it in their dress and their conduct.

Robin Roberts

I've taken my cue from people here and from viewers, especially survivors-who said, 'When it's time to literally flip your wig, you'll know.

American Athlete

Michael Gurian

All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. It's a negotiation tool.

Often used in social contexts to mean a subtle prompt or suggestion from someone's behavior.

Social Interaction

Cues are important for smooth conversations, signaling when to speak or listen.

Conversation Flow

In performances, cues indicate when someone needs to take action, like entering a stage.

Performance Trigger

In sports like snooker, 'cue' refers to the equipment necessary to play, not just any stick.

Specific Equipment

Using a cue involves technique, such as the way to hold and strike with it.

Game Technique

As a verb, 'cue' means to direct someone to start or stop what they're doing.

Directional Action

It's used in managing music, lights, and other elements in performances or recordings.

Manage Performances

'Cue' involves preparing something in advance, so it's ready at the right moment.

Prepare in Advance

In computing, 'cueing up' ensures seamless transitions between digital tracks or scenes.

Seamless Transitions

 all of which mean that real laughter is extremely easy, or feels extremely easy to spot. In contrast, posed laughter, we might think it sounds a bit fake. Actually, it's not, it's actually an important social cue. We use it a lot, we're choosing to laugh in a lot of situations, and it seems to be its own thing.

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 release slightly different sets of alarm chemicals. The makeup of that cocktail influences the effectiveness of communication. The more similar two plants' chemical fingerprints are, the more fluently they can communicate. A plant will be most sensitive to the cues emitted by its own leaves.

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 And if a glowing strip doesn't show up on a recent bill, you have a fake on your hands. For times when you're not dealing with counterfeit masterminds, looking for simple visual cues will do. Make sure the portrait looks lifelike and not flat, the seal has perfectly even sawtooth points,

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 more fundamental which is it requires memory how do you build memory so what you're looking at is the tiny little guy stuck there forever until a cue arrives this is called a flip-flop a standard flip-flop when put together turns into registers registers give you rise to

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 that causes much of the discomfort you feel every time you get ill. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work perfectly. Most notably, millions of people worldwide suffer from autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system treats normal bodily cues as threats,

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 who rated the person as cold, stoic, and unaffectionate. If a potential mate has managed to pass all these tests, there's still one the infamous first kiss, a rich and complex exchange of tactile and chemical cues, such as the smell of one's breath,

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 This is a great help when migrating or encountering other potentially hostile elephants. They also remember and distinguish particular cues that signal danger and can recall important locations long after their last visit.

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 by reasoning we are one way at least that the universe knows itself and right here I think we cue the spooky music no it is stunning and so as the more we learn about astronomy the more we learn

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 That's south. But the sky also contains navigational aids much closer to Earth, the clouds. Besides being useful weather cues, under the right conditions, they can indicate landmasses.

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 there's little chance of them drying out and up here they're safer from predators the big storm is the cue for the most important climb of this frog's life

Cue

A signal or hint to guide behavior or prompt action.

Often appears as...

A long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the games of pool, billiards, or snooker.

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To give a cue or signal.

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To align or position something.

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