#people

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#calculator #depth #emotional #equally #how

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

People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#because #body #down #feel #guilty

The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know? ↗

— Hal Sparks

#away #charm #comes #could #else

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#cartoons #deeper #dust #exist #grunge

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#characters #come #fit #i #initial

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#change #few #few people #happy #i

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#going #had #i #lot #one-hit

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#back #blended #elements #entertain #get

When people screamed novelty the first time around talking about an ugly video and stuff I was really insulted because, hold on a minute, everyone you see in the video are real life. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#around #because #everyone #first #first time