Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen Joseph Cannell) Quotes
The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.Stephen J. Cannell
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
Ma Jian -
If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.
Abhishek Bachchan -
Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
Warren Spector -
It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
Dan Coats -
Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
Octavia Spencer -
Music is like my security blanket.
Yoko Ono
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
Larry Dixon -
The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
Dan Savage -
If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
Victor Koo -
I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
Ziyi Zhang -
I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
Orlando Bloom -
Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
Rachel Kushner
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I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.
Samantha Morton -
Friendships are discovered rather than made.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Sam Walton -
When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.
Carine Roitfeld -
In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.
Jack Canfield -
Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
Edmund White
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His mother told him, 'Someday you will be a man, And you will be the leader of a big old band. Many people coming from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down. Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'.'
Chuck Berry -
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop.
Chris Martin Coldplay -
When I first started wearing wigs, I didn't know you had to anchor them down with bobby pins. I walked out during a windy day and my wig blew off and got stuck to a branch. I was walking while my wig was hanging! If that's not the most embarrassing thing... but you have to use bobby pins.
Sherri Shepherd -
Race, to me, is a very blurry thing.
Monica Raymund -
If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?
Heather Matarazzo -
The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.
Stephen J. Cannell