I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look… — Amanda Burton Copy Share Image
No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid side. What passes for cooperation turns out… — Michael Ghiselin Copy Share Image
You gonna back down so easy, little sister?. Not much wild about you, is there? I bet that cottage doesn't have a… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady; one can pity someone who is suffering ; someone who wants to scratch himself… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“According to the fortune-cookie logic most people live by, the best things in life are free. That's crap. I have a gold-plated… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of… — Perry Brass Copy Share Image
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation. In this play, I had a strong main character… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
Each time I do a trilogy it's ten years out of my life. I'll finish Episode III and I'll be 60. And… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
The Germans now seem the primary example of this [institutional-maintenance type] - which is another reason to scratch the head at their… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Ever since Dimitri came back...no, scratch that. Ever since you became obsessed with changing him, you've been torn over me. No matter… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a… — Henri Langlois Copy Share Image
One of the things that really gets me excited and makes me start up companies is the fact that you can basically… — Anousheh Ansari Copy Share Image
At least tell me you won? And that the scratches and dings were totally worth it." "Of course. They're always worth it,"… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
You look hot. The straight men will want you, the gay men will want beauty tips, and the women will want to… — Zoey Dean Copy Share Image
When the generation after me started getting on the cut, a lot of them would call me over to hang out or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[C]ouches and chairs covered in scratches aim away from one another, making it possible for a dozen people to sit in this… — Nova Ren Suma Copy Share Image
It can be hard to feel like you have to start from scratch when you have invested so much time with a… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
Pressed for rules and verities, All i recolelct are these: Feed a cold and starve a fever. Argue with no true believer.… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating,… — Laurel Lea Copy Share Image
If you just take the time to look, then yeah, you will find some really great music in Holland. Just scratch the… — Eddy de Clercq Copy Share Image
If someone saw a movie of your life so far, when the credits rolled, would they say, “Wow, that was awesome?” Or… — Dan Miller Copy Share Image
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting. You don't have to start from scratch to have a massive… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it's a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
The spirit of Route 66 is in the details: every scratch on a fender, every curl of paint on a weathered billboard,… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I mean, as you start to scratch the surface - and that's what I think the intent of these films are. Here's… — Chris Henchy Copy Share Image
The first year, I didn't have much capital so I did everything myself. I had to keep my overhead low by learning… — Li Ka-shing Copy Share Image
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That's why I'm very wise [in] the way I choose the remixes 'cuz I know that the song has to transcend well.… — Cedric Gervais Copy Share Image
[On journalists:] ... however lyingly libellous they may be: nobody can seriously hurt the reputation of a Great person. If he is… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Ive been fortunate to come on places where the question isnt why did I do it? The question to me is always,… — Todd McFarlane Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean anything when we go back to Sydney and its round one and we're starting from scratch in the NRL.… — Michael Greenfield Copy Share Image
[Writing something original from scratch], the initial process is way different. But once it exists and you start to actually work on… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches,… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image