Charles Bock Quotes

It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard.

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• I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'

  

  Taylor Sheridan
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  • Character
  • Book

• I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

  

  Mae Jemison
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  • Remember

• I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Why
  • Think
  • Everyone

• The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!

  

  Ina Garten
  • Work
  • Why
  • Pasta

• I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Book
  • Want
  • Story

• Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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  • Steal

• Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
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  • Film
  • Emotion

• If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.

  

  Kaskade
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  • You
  • Enjoy

• People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • People
  • Why
  • Career

• Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Journey

• I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.

  

  Sally Kirkland
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  • Writing
  • Book

• I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Love

• The plan is to make money, and we know the fans are going to ask for mixtapes, and those mixtapes are going to hit. So when we put a tape out, we have more money coming in, that's why we work hard at it.

  

  Quavo Migos
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• I had the opportunity to go and read to cancer patients in hospitals and saw how something as little as that could make someone's day. I also think it's important to support people who are standing up for a good cause, so that's why I get involved with different campaigns and charities.

  

  Manika
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• Time dissolves in summer anyway: days are long, weekends longer. Hours get all thin and watery when you are lost in the book you'd never otherwise have time to read. Senses are sharper - something about the moist air and bright light and fruit in season - and so memories stir and startle.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
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  • Long
  • Book

• Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

  

  Damien Hirst
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  • Best
  • Goal

• Most of the cricketers are doing side businesses apart from playing the sport, so why should I be left behind. I feel there is a lot of money in making films, and since Punjabi cinema is doing good, this is a lucrative option for me.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
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  • Money
  • Why

• I think 'Pretty Little Liars' is going to be hugely popular for adults, for kids, for girls, for guys, you know, something for everyone to look at, and the stories are going to be great. There's suspense every week. The friendship is really fun to watch. I think it's going to have something for everybody.

  

  Laura Leighton
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  • Kids
  • Fun

• Travelling doesn't stress me, since adequate 10-hour sleep post-travel is sufficient for me.

  

  Anushka Shetty
  • Sleep
  • Travel
  • Stress

• I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.

  

  Mary Roach
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  • Up
  • Couple

• Most regular, two-year MBA programs provide both experience and the capacity to link together the essential elements of management such as finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and operations.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Experience
  • Together
  • Management

• I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.

  

  Jerry Moran
  • Life
  • Success

• I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Ideas
  • Politics
  • Revolution

• It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard.

  

  Charles Bock
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