My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
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The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I like to just follow what I find compelling. In order for me to be compelling, I have to be compelled. I… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
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If you like 'The Nature of Things,' or if you like 'Quirks and Quarks' you'll certainly like Lee Smolin's writing, and 'Time… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
In coming to an appreciation of the Mormon Church, one of the things that has been most compelling to me is the… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
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One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders. — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
Our job if I can see straight and hear clearly and understand ~ is to make advertising and run advertising that is… — Fairfax M. Cone Copy Share Image
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There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
This whole blockchain thing is so compelling to me - I don't know where it's going, but it's such an interesting ride. — Michael Caputo Copy Share Image
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I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
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The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can… — Dick Wolf Copy Share Image
All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer. — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
The notion that business and government are and should be partners is ubiquitous, unremarkable, and repeated like a mantra by leaders in… — Joel Bakan Copy Share Image
If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers… — Eric Zorn Copy Share Image
I feel that I've often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
It was not that I disliked people; some of them were interesting and kind. But even the nice ones were no more… — Sy Montgomery Copy Share Image
It is the fertile hallucination that makes paint so compelling. Paint is like the numerologist's numbers, always counting but never adding up,… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder have created a compelling vision for a Clean Tech Nation and a roadmap for creating it, even… — Ralph Cavanagh Copy Share Image
Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about… — Steven Seagal Copy Share Image
the more humdrum aspects of life do not make for gripping reading. To render them compelling, a writer must describe the universal… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or… — H. V. Evatt Copy Share Image
![“The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on over the next ridge and over the one beyond. The call is that of a wilderness known only to a few...This last American wilderness must remain sacrosanct.” quote by William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/60f/william-o-douglas-2931_alaska_the-arctic-has-a-call-that-is-compelling_2192460.jpg)
