32 Crafting Quotes for You to Enjoy

The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic tale. And if we need to get more specific: heartbreak, destruction, miscomprehension, natural disasters, betrayal, and the waste of human potential. Paul Di Filippo

Death Good Age Natural Destruction Old Sickness Three Old Age Natural Disasters Good Place Pretty Pretty Good Betrayal More Potential Buddha Tale Disasters Woke Tragic Up Heartbreak Get Crafting Human Place Waste Specific Start Need

Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don't see themselves as doing work that is demeaning. Dolores Huerta

Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts. Ron Paul

Assumes Settlement Everyone Ourselves Must Madison Some Compromise Leading Between Leading Role Involving Foreign Israelis Role America Crafting Conflicts Against Explicitly Warned Jefferson Washington Play Palestinians

Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something about it, crafting strong, modern heroes for a modern audience. Adam Christopher

Strong Heroes Diversity Has-Been Superhero About Something Audience Real Comics Issue Been Real Issue Historically Crafting Modern Need

We're crafting versions of our TotalGuide Solution to work on both legacy devices as well as new and advanced boxes with varying levels of services based on the capabilities of the set-top box and network. Alfred Amoroso

Work Our Solution Network Both Advanced New Devices Well Box Boxes Versions Legacy Crafting Capabilities Based Services Levels

When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences. Ansel Elgort

Good Character You Lot Crafting Influences

Emmitt Smith has run past legends, danced with stars and posed for the sculptor crafting his Hall of Fame bust. He's built upon his athletic talents by working hard, seizing opportunities and reaching out to others for advice when he needed it. Don Yaeger

Opportunities Advice Past Stars Others Danced Out Run Athletic Seizing He Talents Reaching Smith Hall Built His Fame Legends Crafting Working Sculptor Working Hard Hard Bust Needed

Every play is rhythmic control. If you want an audience to go on a journey, it's rhythmic control. You're crafting when they lean in, when they push back, when they breathe, when they surrender. George C. Wolfe

Journey You Surrender Control Every Back Push Lean Audience Go Crafting Want Rhythmic Breathe Play

What makes characters real are details, and if you're crafting a person from scratch, you're probably not going to pay as much attention to a question like, 'Does this person bite their nails?' Gina Rodriguez

You Pay Bite Characters Details Attention Nails Like Makes Does Real Question Person Crafting Going Scratch Much Much Attention

I'm interested in creating a little sound world for songs, really crafting it, building it, and making it like a little doll's house with little things inside it, staircases and rooms and everything kind of relates to everything else. I've never seen it as drums, bass, guitar and vocals in very separate spaces. Imogen Heap

Little Things World Guitar Seen Building Bass Relates Else Everything Everything Else Kind Inside Vocals Never Songs Like House Drums Making Sound Doll Very Crafting Spaces Interested Little Rooms Really Creating Separate Things

I tell my workshop students, 'I want you to think of yourselves as artists. Then, when you're writing, you're painting, you're crafting, you're making a design, you're sculpting, you're creating choreography, sound, a sound script.' Juan Felipe Herrera

You Writing Painting Design Think Tell Students Making Sound Crafting Artists Want Script Then Creating Sculpting Workshop Choreography

Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries. Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Democracy Key Creation Related Rules Must Component Promotion Developing Developing Countries Development Countries Prospects Fair Global Instruments Limited Equitable Governance Crafting Cannot Enhance

Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. Karin Slaughter

World Crime Crime Fiction True Piece Narrative Crafting Different Fiction Gripping

No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. Kevin de Leon

Government Best Together Gun Society Corner Local Our Sector Has-Been Solutions Horrors Taking Private Been Left Private Sector End Crafting Communities Works Each Bring Violence Need

Polling is an art as well as a science, and the art of crafting good questions is still vital. Kristen Soltis Anderson

Art Good Science Vital Well Still Questions Crafting Polling

When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art. Lee Unkrich

Art Me People Remember Think Films Saw About Magical Fact Point Around Were Shining Hand Crafting Behind Just Being Where Story Turning Turning Point Works Film Actual Started

When I get really passionate about something, the audition process is really strenuous and hard on me because I feel so much for the project, and I become so attached to it. It's hard. It's stressful because you want it so badly, and you're crafting this character that you're falling in love with. Lili Reinhart

Love Character Me You Become Project About Something Attached Badly Feel Because Audition Passionate Falling Falling In Love Get Crafting Want Process Much Really Hard Strenuous Stressful

Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against cable companies like Charter - to advise it in crafting its commitment to network neutrality. Marvin Ammori

Me Commitment Neutrality To Be Honest Humility Took Some Network Charter Cable Lead Part Since Like Advise Hired Campaigns Crafting Which Against Public Helped Companies Honest

North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending. Mel Watt

Best Law Leader Creation Approach Addressing Carolina Possible North North Carolina Crafting Predatory Acknowledged Lending Now Consequently

I just always believe that we should not reward people with citizenship whose first act in this country was a violation of the law. And I continue to hold that view. But let me say, I think there is plenty of room here for compassion. And there's plenty of room here for crafting a solution that will deal with this issue in the long term. Mike Pence

Me People Law Reward Compassion Will Long First Country Believe Think Say Plenty Citizenship Solution Long-Term Term Deal Always Issue Continue Crafting Just Hold Room Should Act View Whose Here Violation

Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking about what word should follow another. Nathaniel Philbrick

Best Writing Word Move On Thinking Too Follow About Calculated Another Crafting Move Sentence Aside Should Set

A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to. Simon Sinek

Time Spend Email Minute Minutes Perfect Takes Longer Call Read Five Reply Crafting Original Need

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party. Thomas Frank

Health Debate Care Party More Mere Over Democratic Democratic Party Identity Policy Health Care Issue Than Crafting Stake Now

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