Caridad Svich Quotes

Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that first go at the story. If I don't have the key in that first draft, I invariably won't get it in subsequent drafts, though I can craft around it.

Caridad Svich

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• As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Important
  • American
  • Couple

• For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Responsibility
  • Best
  • Story

• We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • System
  • Cooperation

• I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Love
  • Amazing
  • Director

• To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.

  

  Fatos Nano
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• Politics is a people business. I like people.

  

  Laura Bush
  • People
  • Business
  • Politics

• Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.

  

  Parker Palmer
  • Together
  • Learn
  • Democrats

• Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Music
  • Live
  • Choose

• But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Thinking
  • Done
  • Thought

• Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Moving
  • Tree
  • Christmas

• Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Character
  • Mean
  • Will

• I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Culture
  • First
  • Deal

• History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • History
  • New
  • Tech

• When Clint Eastwood walks into a room, you may not know his name. But you know who he is.

  

  Mark Valley
  • May

• The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.

  

  Alan Mulally
  • People
  • Business
  • Purpose

• I wanted to make a black 'Dynasty.'

  

  Lee Daniels
  • Black

• They're pushing credit cards. They don't take Visa, but they do take American Express, or they don't take this one, but they take that one, or you'd better bring this one, or if you forget who you are, look on your credit card; it will be there.

  

  Bill Janklow
  • American

• But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.

  

  Jane Byrne
  • Strong
  • Opportunity
  • City

• I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.

  

  Little Richard
  • God
  • Road
  • Door

• The more closely you look at one thing, the less closely can you see something else.

  

  Werner Heisenberg
  • Looks
  • Thing

• For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

  

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
  • Interesting

• I have personally invested in a company created by Rohit Khattar - Cinestaan Film Company. But that's what I do personally.

  

  Anand Mahindra

• It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.

  

  Doug Ducey
  • People
  • Education
  • Focus

• Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that first go at the story. If I don't have the key in that first draft, I invariably won't get it in subsequent drafts, though I can craft around it.

  

  Caridad Svich
  • Energy
  • Attention
  • Focus