Pivotal Quotes

• I have the "thing" worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

  Lee Child

  Stories, Facts, Surprise

  Interview with Claire E. White for "The Internet Writing Journal", www.writerswrite.com. August 2001.

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• Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

  Gary Oldman

  Inspirational, Children, Recovery

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• Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny, Islands, Usa

  Press comment in Hawaii, April 25, 1989.

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• So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there.

  Evan Parker

  Summer, Pivotal Moments, Firsts

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• I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history

  Rick Renzi

  Native Language, Roles, Regard

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• King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players.

  Roberta Williams

  Kings, Player, Games

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• This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents.

  Allen Weinstein

  Desire, Heritage, Fierce

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• Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Intellectual, Mit, Development

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• It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.

  Nancy Reagan

  Country, Husband, Leader

  "Margaret Thatcher dies: news and reaction" by Andrew Sparrow, Barry Neild, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2013.

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• The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.

  Millicent Fenwick

  Essence, Taste, Good Living

  Millicent Fenwick (1948). “Vogue's book of etiquette: a complete guide to traditional forms and modern usage”

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• A pretty pivotal moment for me was having a songwriting class with Paul McCartney when I was at LIPA, and then being called in a few days later by the headmaster of the school to tell me that Paul McCartney likes what I'm doing.

  St. Lucia

  School, Class, Pivotal Moments

  Source: www.planetnotion.com

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• Metallica came along for me at a time and had an affect on me that I feel is the most pivotal moment of my life. I don't think there's been anything else that's even come close that's affected me in the way that that band did when I was a child when I was 11 or 12 years old, and where it went from there.

  Jeff Kendrick

  Children, Thinking, Years

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• When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece.

  Kate Bush

  Song, Kings, Singing

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.

  Padmasree Warrior

  Mom, Husband, Father

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• I've been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.

  Ab-Soul

  Rap, Hip Hop, Battle

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• As with anything in life, when you have certain experiences at pivotal times, they shape you.

  Elaine Cassidy

  Shapes, Certain, Anything In Life

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The light bulb going off in my head was a fear that in this pivotal moment in history, when America faces so many serious problems, when the middle class and working class of this country are being decimated, that there were not voices out there representing the tens of millions of people who needed a voice. And the idea of going through a campaign where there is not a serious discussion about the most important issues facing America, where there are not voices out there representing people who are hurting - that seemed to me unacceptable.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Hurt, Light

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• You live and die two or three times making a movie. First, you write it, and the first pivotal moment comes when you can get it made. The second is in the process of making it, when the movie reveals itself to you, its flaws and its virtues. Then the most unnerving moment is when that movie is then launched into the world. It’s like bringing your kid to the first day at school and somebody points out that it has bowlegs, it is cross-eyed, or it’s gorgeous. You feel very exposed.

  Guillermo del Toro

  School, Kids, Writing

  Interview with Charlie Day, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2014.

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• Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Scene, Clear, Persons

  Source: www.midnighteye.com

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• I gave away the Irish dancing, which is pivotal. It's just so silly and fun and nice to do because it kind of lifts the energy for us, right at the point where the energy could start to take a nose dive.

  Katherine Shindle

  Fun, Nice, Silly

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Music in Rocky has always been pivotal.

  Bun B

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• This is a very pivotal time in America and I think families are still reeling from events depicted in that movie [The Big Short ].

  Bun B

  Thinking, America, Events

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• I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.

  Carly Fiorina

  Mean, Technology, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the back of a city bus sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, one of the pivotal moments in the American civil rights movement.

  Michel Martin

  Moving, Cities, Names

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There was no other concern; there was no other focus [in the Governor's School]. It was simply there to learn and grow and perform, and that was pretty amazing and informative. I'd say that was a big pivotal moment for me.

  Zachary Quinto

  School, Focus, Pivotal Moments

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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