Susan Isaacs Quotes

There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.

Susan Isaacs

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CharacterMeWaitWayFirstRight

I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a return to those things that made America different and great.

Jim DeMint

LifeCarDriveStrongAmericanWant

It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity.

Jenny Shipley

OceanIdentityWorldRememberOwn

Most people can't see beauty and love. I see our music as medicine.

Maurice White

LoveBeautyMusicPeopleMedicine

I can assure the people of Mississippi that, as God is my witness, I strongly oppose the Blair-Holt Act and will fight harder than any human being alive to protect law-abiding Mississippians Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Angela McGlowan

GodFightPeopleI CanAliveWill

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

Steve Valentine

LoveProudLostYearsScottishVery

We can either build on the greatness of America or we can fade off into history.

Tom Graves

HistoryGreatnessAmericaBuildFade

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

Derek Magyar

LoveMyselfFindGroupRealOut

Each book requires a different look. Sometimes I get to take a personal direction that's appropriate for the story. I try to push things within a range. Some are rougher, some more expressionistic, some are slicker graphically and call for a prettier drawing style that I can do. Some have a more classical vibe, and some are in between.

Cliff Chiang

StyleBookStoryDirectionPush

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer

PowerManMindStrongBlindWill

When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference.

Nina Blackwood

EntertainmentConferenceGotPress

To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.

Maria Montessori

LifeVisionSoulPreparationRest

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

Linus Torvalds

LinuxSenseEvenMadeMaterialistic

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