#things

Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that. ↗

— James Spader

#closer #enables #i #important #important thing

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business. ↗

— Warren Spahn

#batters #business #figure #figures #games

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#acting #comedy #express #feelings #fit

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#day #genuinely #how #into #little

I try to be as ignorant about things as I can. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#i #i can #ignorant #things #try

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#i #like #things #writer

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#go #house #i #kids #off

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#asking #asking questions #authors #done #excel

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#anywhere #back #because #believer #buts

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#child #children #damaged #devastating #either