#took

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#companies #criteria #determine #financially #footing

The make up took about an hour to put on, but the wig was a thing that bothered me more than anything else. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#anything #bothered #else #hour #make

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#been #brutality #castro #cuban #cuban people

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#america #been #better #better life #build

At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#built #chance #corn #dynamics #ever

Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously. ↗

— Kerry Thornley

#abraham lincoln #although #letters #lincoln #madman

It's a morality film, and it poses the question "What would you do?" I took it very seriously, just as the director did in terms of atmosphere and lighting, and I was just trying to help that vision along. ↗

— Kevin Williamson

#atmosphere #did #director #film #help

I'm a woman, of course I still have curves on me, and that's ok. I had a baby and I've worked hard. And I don't think women should have to feel that kind of pressure. I've done it really healthfully, and I took my time. ↗

— Lily Aldridge

#course #curves #done #feel #had

In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back. ↗

— Carlos Alvarez

#came #corona #fast #few #good