#import

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#being #comedy #could #done #goal

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#close #door #drafts #either #ever

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#because #fans #gotten #here #how

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#been #consistent #could #decisive #differently

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#anybody #i #important #keep #life

I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell, or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#basically #good #here #i #i think

The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy. ↗

— David Gill

#cup #everyone #great #important #record

Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#believe #came #crews #encouraging #exposed

In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#conceivable #down #extremely #important #inner

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too. ↗

— Andy Summers

#establishing #going #important #playing #prime