#port

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#consider #down #i #important #just

People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked during his first term is to make people feel like he's grasping their hand, whether it's by tweeting or email, moments after an event, sometimes during an event. It makes people relate to him. ↗

— James Spader

#being #campaign #during #email #event

Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that. ↗

— James Spader

#closer #enables #i #important #important thing

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. ↗

— Warren Spahn

#hitting #pitching #timing #upsetting

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

Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#bush #george #george bush #jackson #kids

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Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write.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

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #dental #dentist #go

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