#cause

I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time. ↗

— Lee Child

#because #been #best #coming #exposure

A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#because #been #doing #i #known

I wouldn't say I worked with these people because I was looking for a particular vocal sound. I worked with them because I loved what they had done before-and because they really wanted to work with me. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#done #had #i #looking #loved

We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#albums #asked #band #because #best

Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet. ↗

— Alice Walker

#big #big problem #buy #buying #capitalism

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#because #believed #believes #book #collaborator

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge. ↗

— Hayden Christensen

#acting #because #bit #escape #gives

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#damn #failures #give #good #good terms

Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like. ↗

— Christo

#arrive #because #believe #drawings #hard