In about seventh grade, that's when we started playing around with beats, rhymes.
Takeoff
Recitation: by Male by Female
You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
Joel Osteen
YourselfYouRiseWayNeverSee
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
Andrew Gross
FamilyTruthHeroPeopleYouBelief
I'm not a detail guy. I depend on accountants and administrators to do my detail stuff for me, but I do know the overall picture and I know that if you put business people together in a room, not just politicians, they could shrink the deficit tremendously by good business tactics.
John Paul DeJoria
GoodBusinessTogetherPeopleDetail
It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music.
Trombone Shorty
MusicHistoryMeKnowImportant
Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just know her rat-tail comb was a switchblade.
Rob Sheffield
HairYouKnowDrummerHerFour
People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: 'Is your husband afraid of you putting arsenic in his food?' I replied that I have never written a book about poison, ever.
Ruth Rendell
FoodPeopleMeBookHusbandYou
Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an abundance of fear.
Monica Johnson
FearFaithTruthConsequencesAfraid
The first book I ever bought for myself was 'One Fish Two Fish' by Dr. Seuss. My favourite page shows two children carrying an enormous glass jar up some stairs in the dark. In the jar is a tusked beflippered creature floating in brine.
Mini Grey
ChildrenMyselfBookFishStairs
I happen to think, really, that I'm good at what I do.
Dinah Manoff
GoodThinkHappenReally
When I was a child, I thought I was going to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs. I loved monster movies and sci-fi, and then 'Star Wars' came out, and I was completely out of my mind with that, with 'Close Encounters,' and then I thought maybe I was going to go into special effects makeup, which I thought was awesome.
Dee Bradley Baker
ChildMindMakeupThoughtLovedGo
I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.
China Machado
SeeI SeeSomethingPractical
For me, hip-hop has always been black superhero music.
Cheo Hodari Coker
MusicMeBlackHip-HopAlwaysBeen
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