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  • I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living a block from where I grew up. Just to be back in New York and, quite honestly, away from Hollywood has been an absolute thrill for me. I feel like I'm a real actor again.

    New York   Block   Real  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Spatial intelligence is virtually left out of formal education. In kindergarten we give children blocks and sand with which to build. Then we take those things away for the next twelve years of their education and expect kids to be architects and engineers.

  • Wearing a bold print gets harder as you get older. Its safer to stick to subtle prints or block colours. I have always found prints quite tricky. My daughter Carly, who is on the design team at Stella McCartney, is obsessed with them.

    Daughter   Block   Team  
  • That's why I call the Senate the graveyard of democracy, because even when you have 58 senators, they can block it and block it and block it.

    Source: www.democracynow.org
  • Once I was coming down a street in Beverly Hills and I saw a Cadillac about a block long, and out of the side window was a wonderfully slinky mink, and an arm, and at the end of the arm a hand in a white suede glove wrinkled around the wrist, and in the hand was a bagel with a bite out of it.

    Block   Hands   White  
    Dorothy Parker (2004). “Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words”, Taylor Trade Publishing
  • Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it's not just one city block.

    Block   Cities   World  
  • The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.

    Loyalty   Block   Simple  
    Stephen King (1988). “The eyes of the dragon: a story”, Egully.com
  • The difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is not in the event itself but how you think about it and what you do after it. Every failure and setback can become part of your success or an excuse for quitting or failing. People who develop the discipline of positivity are both happier and more successful.

  • I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people when they're sorry for themselves. Self-pity is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the world today.

    Sorry   Block   Our World  
    "Murder International: Including So Many Steps to Death Death Comes as the End Evil Under the Sun".
  • The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

    Block   Moving   Mad  
  • Writer's block is a myth. I never see the gardeners suffering from gardening block.

    "Emo Philips" by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.
  • Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.

    Block   Writing   Inspire  
  • On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the enemy's way. On the ground of intersecting highways, join hands with your allies. On serious ground, gather in plunder. In difficult ground, keep steadily on the march. On hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem. On desperate ground, fight.

    Art   Block   Military  
    Sun Tzu (2012). “The Art of War (The Classic Lionel Giles Translation)”, p.29, e-artnow
  • Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.

    Block   Moving   Littles  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

  • While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place.

    "Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.
  • I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

    "Etgar Keret: We Can Try to Be Human". Interview with Meakin Armstrong, www.guernicamag.com. August 17, 2015.
  • The Democratic line is that the Republican House does nothing but block and oppose. In fact, it has passed hundreds of bills only to have them die upon reaching the desk of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He has rendered the Senate inert by simply ensuring that any bill that might present a politically difficult vote for his Democratic colleagues never even comes to the floor.

  • I think that nothing is impossible when you want to fulfill a dream. A lot of people will tell you that you can't do it, that you don't have what it takes, but if it is in your heart and you feel it, there is nothing that will stop you. It is like the sun - you can't block it: it will shine regardless, if that is what you want.

    Dream   Block   Heart  
  • Many people will first be attracted to veganism for their health but find themselves far more open to learning about the animal issues when they don't have to block them out three times a day in order to enjoy eating. Then once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back. Come for the body, stay for the soul.

    Block   Animal   Issues  
    "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
  • The walk liberating, I was released from forms, from the perpendiculars, straight lines, blocks, boxes, binds of thought into the hues, shadings, rises, flowing bends and blends of sight.

    Block   Sight   Hue  
    A. R. Ammons (1968). “Selected poems”
  • If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

    "Character: Anton LaVey". "Satanis: The Devil's Mass", www.imdb.com. 1970.
  • If each one of us can give full attention to what is actually ‘blocking’ communication while he is also attending properly to the content of what is communicated, then we may be able to create something new between us, something of very great significance for bringing to an end the at present insoluble problems of the individual and of society.

    David Bohm, Lee Nichol (2004). “On Dialogue”, p.5, Psychology Press
  • Everything you're currently against blocks you from abundance.

  • Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

    Block   Ideas   Listening  
  • Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy [Lee Jones] was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him."

    Block   Kids   Makeup  
  • Of course each citizen should try to educate him or herself, but only after receiving some essential, basic blocks of knowledge. Formal education should always be free; from kindergarten to PhD. It is free in many European countries, and in several Latin American ones (including Cuba, Mexico and Argentina). China is returning to free education, as it is returning to universal health care. In countries like Chile, people are on the streets right now fighting for free education, and they are winning!

    Country   Block   Latin  
    Source: www.counterpunch.org
  • I’ve never had a writer’s block, but still I think: Is it going to happen this time? You never know what you’re going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope.

    Block   Thinking   Keys  
  • And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.

    Stars   Block   Home  
  • Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.

    Success   Block   Goal  
    FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Oct 24, 2011
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