Terri Blackstock Quotes

I put ordinary people in jeopardy and give them the opportunity to be heroic. Then there's a great payoff for the reader at the end, when the heroic character gets what he or she deserves. Readers will come back again and again if they feel satisfied at the end.

Terri Blackstock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 7, 1957

Topics

CharacterOpportunityGreatPeople

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

Maya Rudolph

MotherChildMeQuietWouldLoud

By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and apathetic and jaded... and wounded.

Ann Voskamp

LifeLiveSurviveDareThroughNumb

Nowadays, who actually listens to the tracks on an album, anyway?

Stephen Morris

WhoNowadaysListensAlbumAnyway

Conservatism as a formal political doctrine didn't exist in America in 1940. The word 'conservative' was associated primarily with fringe groups - anti-industrial Southern agrarians and the anti-New Deal tycoons who led the Liberty League.

Tom Reiss

PoliticalAmericaLibertyExistDeal

I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.

Romeo Miller

MyselfBestCompetitionGameYouUp

I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.

Rosemary Clooney

WordsGotGetOnlyAbleInstrument

The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.

Mary MacLane

JoyMeWritingBookStoryThings

I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.

Michael Weatherly

GreatKeep GoingSchoolMeBehavior

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

Lou Reed

BelieveSayWhySomethingBecause

At Campbell's, we're listening to consumers. We recognize that real and healthier food is better for our consumers and our business. Our goal is to be the leading health and well-being food company.

Denise Morrison

BusinessHealthFoodListeningGoal

The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.

Davy Jones

HairLongLong HairRulesNowMean

I was always really interested in startups and fascinated by what they were working on.

Christine Tsai

AlwaysWorkingInterestedFascinated

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