#tin

Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning. ↗

— James McBride

#fat #getting #me #meaning #out

I don't really have any kind of rigorous or definite routine before I go onstage. I like to eat at least an hour or two before I go on. If I can't do that, I just wait until after. I try and drink lots of water before I go onstage. ↗

— Martina McBride

#any #before #definite #drink #eat

I find that putting my make-up on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show. It kind of helps me make that transition from 'mommy' to 'performer,' or star or whatever you want to call it! ↗

— Martina McBride

#call #different #find #helps #i

I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show. ↗

— Martina McBride

#different #find #i #looks #makeup

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event. ↗

— Martina McBride

#cooking #creating #creativity #event #i

That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#after #believing #could #does #down

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#cat #dog #dog food #feed #fits

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#been #i #life #much #my life

I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does. ↗

— Barry McCaffrey

#does #fighting #i #know #lot

The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent. ↗

— Barry McCaffrey

#continent #crime #culturally #economically #mexico