Florida Scott-Maxwell Quotes

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

Florida Scott-Maxwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeSeedBetterYouWouldFruition

We like layers of character and personality in our storytelling. We like very distinctive, unique personalities interacting with each other. And I think, because there are two of us, and we're a collective, we identify with that. We call it the mastermind principle: Two minds aren't doubly better than one - they're exponentially better than one.

Joe Russo

CharacterPersonalityThinkBetter

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

John C. Hawkes

GoodWritingFictionStartedKnew

Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

John Guare

BusinessPromisesMoreShow Business

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.

John Frankenheimer

PeopleRevolutionMoreMeanDigital

I hate wasting time.

Robert Plant

TimeHateWasting TimeWasting

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

Matt McGorry

GoodPeopleThinkAcceptBeginAct

The gold iridescent 'Naked' outfit is perhaps not my finest moment.

Louise Nurding

MomentGoldOutfitNakedFinest

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Luc de Clapiers

GoodPeopleFindAlwaysAbility

Transformational leaders are important because they make choices that most other leaders would not.

Joseph Nye

ChoicesImportantBecauseWouldMost

After 20 years of writing academic prose and lectures, it seems very familiar and straightforward to me. Writing a novel for the first time, I was reminded of just how difficult it is to figure out how to get this stuff done when you don't really know what you're doing.

Deborah Harkness

TimeMeWritingDoingYouKnow

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

Constance Baker Motley

ActionComplexBecauseDifferent

My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.

Brian O'Driscoll

GoodKnowledgeEnoughBadOutWhere

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