#ore

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#drop #elementary #elementary school #every #five

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#advertising #believable #greatest #greatest thing #in my opinion

I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called 'Eco-Challenge,' an adventure race with experts mainly, and here we have 'Expedition Impossible.' I like the outdoors and I like doing something fresh for television you haven't seen before. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#always #before #cable #called #did

So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for 'Expedition Impossible,' so it had good diversity, and people could really say, 'Oh, there's the firefighters, there's the team of cops, there's the grandpa' - so that you can really relate with them. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#adventure #cast #cops #could #diversity

People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home. ↗

— Edward Burns

#any #art #comfort #delivered #envelope

Well, honestly, the films I personally like to go see are smaller, more character-driven pieces, so that's why the movies I've made have been smaller, more character-driven movies. ↗

— Edward Burns

#character-driven #films #go #honestly #i

With our lives and food chain set up to make us fat - I mean, you can't drive down any highway in America and find a grapefruit - a guy needs to be smarter and more determined to get lean. ↗

— David Zinczenko

#any #chain #determined #down #drive

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever. ↗

— Ken Burns

#control #creative #creative control #enjoy #i

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do. ↗

— Karel Capek

#hold #instinct #life #live #more