Steve Breen (Stephen Paul Breen) Quotes
Big stories have lots of angles, and you have to decide what part of that story you want to address.
Quotes to Explore
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
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I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
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My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.
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Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.
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There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Connected with the fall of Satan is his lameness. The devil is represented in art and in legion as limping on one foot; this was occasioned by his having broken his leg in his fall.
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One day, I will tell my story... where I came from and where I am now and how I remained positive.
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I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write - finding out how to write a story is part of the process of creating a story - but you can really learn through exposure to different writing, to different art forms, to different modes of storytelling, and with mentors who are able to get you to step outside your comfort zone.
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Big stories have lots of angles, and you have to decide what part of that story you want to address.
