It is a perfect Yatesian sentiment, self-deception yielding to an explosion of bitter self-knowledge.
Reading group contributor pogwilson described her voice as "pitch perfect", a sentiment echoed by writer George Pelecanos, no less, who told America's NPR, "I don't think anyone has come close to what Portis achieved with this book.
It wasn't something that took for ever and a day: it came together very quickly and it was perfect, with its sentiment and how it was approached.
Sands said of last year's difficulties: "We faced a perfect storm: negative sentiment towards emerging markets, a sharp drop in commodity prices, persistent low interest rates and surplus liquidity, low volatility, and a welter of regulatory challenges".
"We faced a perfect storm: negative sentiment towards emerging markets, a sharp drop in commodity prices, persistent low interest rates and surplus liquidity, low volatility, and a welter of regulatory challenges".
"Why not have just one restaurant and perfect that?" Our sentiments exactly.
New stock issues, he has found, are a perfect measurement of investor sentiment.
For once, an underground cultural force was in perfect tune with popular sentiment.
It's the perfect storm of negative sentiment and has all come to a head this week.
What we said: "The music matches the lyrics, managing to be both overwhelming and understated: melodies match sentiment with perfect judgment," wrote Michael Hann in the Guardian.
