Important Quotes - Page 218

I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.

I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth.

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different.

Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.

As a Dominican man, you're socialized to be a playboy. You spend a lot of time being taught that women are important, but without the really positive framework of why. You figure out quickly it's because of culo (ass). But there is a sense that it's not that simple.

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life.

What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.

Listening is an important key to HEARING.

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.

It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

Films can't change the society, they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism. I feel formally that I've scratched the surface of something very important about the nature of nonfiction film, about what we're very rarely honest about: When you film anybody, they start performing.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.

They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

Fortunately, just when things were blackest, the war broke out.

For people who are really alive to have life awakened is more important than to get a sandwich.

So the stock market could have a negative wealth effect and weigh on capital spending, but a sharp decline in long-term interest rates would be an important counterweight.

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.