Topics Quotes - Page 18

• The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

  Mary Roach

  Book, Bars, Stuff

  "Spook and Stiff author Mary Roach". Interview with Donna Bowman, www.avclub.com. August 27, 2010.

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• I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Long, Boards, Gone

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• Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Eight, Interesting, Important

  "How Peter Orszag's Budget Team Makes America Work" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2010.

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• As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

  James McGreevey

  Children, Kids, Reality

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• The longer I'm alive, the more I realize how little I know. Pretending that you know everything about every topic, and being very vocal about it? That's an instant turnoff.

  Jennifer Morrison

  Alive, Littles, Realizing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.

  Holly Johnson

  Thinking, Troops, Conversation

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• I think I've always approached making albums pretty much the same way. I'm just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren't the same thing over and over.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Thinking, Albums

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.

  Bruce Feiler

  Knows

  "God in the U.S.A.: Americans Know More About Religion Than Most Other Subjects". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2010.

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• I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.

  Lisa Gardner

  Book, Numbers, Answers

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• A cardinal rule of writing is never interrupt yourself to explain something. If you must bring up an obscure topic, drop informative hints about it as you go along so that you don't end up with the entire explanation all in one place. This keeps you from skidding to a stop and sounding teacherish. Otherwise it's better to omit the obscure topic altogether, or as mothers might put it: if you can't say it interestingly, don't say it at all.

  Florence King

  Mother, Writing, Hints

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• XL is dedicated to understanding shifting business dynamics and helping our clients thrive in increasingly complex and changing environments. 'The Future of the Company' platform will allow us to offer insights and commentary on these essential topics to a global and diverse audience and feature insights from XL experts.

  Mike McGavick

  Understanding, Essentials, Experts

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• All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Character, Issues, Important

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. June 24, 2009.

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• Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research and brainstorming during a foresight exercise.

  Jamais Cascio

  Exercise, Covering, Use

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• In principle, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of an infographic. What concerns me is the types of things that people are doing with them. They get far off topic, or the fact checking is really poor. The infographic may be neat, but if the information it’s based on is simply wrong, then it’s misleading people.

  Matt Cutts

  People, Principles, May

  "Matt Cutts and Eric Talk About What Makes a Quality Site". Interview with Eric Enge, www.stonetemple.com. July 9, 2012.

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• When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.

  David Plotz

  New York, Reading, Writing

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.

  Criss Jami

  Writing, Love Is, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.22, Criss Jami

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• I curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I found [cursing] is a sign that a joke is not finished or well-written.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Everyday, Toes, Cursing

  "He's bringing home the bacon, from clubs to Super Bowl ads". "The Plain Dealer" Newspaper, February 9, 2007.

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• There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be feared that it would be used up before the human race was exterminated, but now that the practically unlimited supply of hydrogen can be utilized, there is considerable reason to hope that homo sapiens may put an end to himself, to the great advantage of such less ferocious animals as may survive. But it is time to return to less cheerful topics.

  Bertrand Russell

  Animal, Race, Hydrogen Bomb

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• Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the tricks of poetry, such as dense imagery. This is a big topic of debate in poetry land. There's no perfect definition.

  Campbell McGrath

  Land, Perfect, Use

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• The female brain may confer distinctive economic advantages, to the benefit of all, and we should, therefore, pursue seriously having equal numbers of women in topic economic and financial posts. If we persist in having unequal numbers, then we should advantage the women and have a smaller percentage of men.

  Semir Zeki

  Men, Numbers, Brain

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• Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?" The bishop thought it need not be, if encountered in the proper spirit, but he gave a lot of enlightening examples of conditions under which it might be, in his word, "inflammatory." There wasn't much nudity in our neck of the woods, and I enjoyed that article tremendously.

  Robertson Davies

  Bishops, Might, Woods

  Robertson Davies (1997). “The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books”, Viking Press

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• I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Animal, Years, Issues

  "Key & Peele: 'That’s what Obama should say'". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.salon.com. October 7, 2012.

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• I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic.

  David Javerbaum

  Writing, Years, Shows

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• In a modern world, increasingly filled with pop culture fads and gimmicks, Lisa Morton reveals much of the underbelly history and unknown facts regarding the biggest pop culture event in history-Halloween. Her sheer delight and well-researched enthusiasm in tackling many of the unrecognized aspects of this monstrous topic makes one wonder what we don't know about everything else that should be as commonplace to our psyche as a bag of candy.

  Del Howison

  Halloween, Gimmicks, Facts

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• I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Teaching

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