Block Quotes

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In creation myths, a god shapes mud or clay into living form, much like a potter throws a pot or a sculptor reveals the statue… — Stuart Dybek
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time. — George Takei
With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you… — Ryan Tedder
Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her. — Yulia Tymoshenko
In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these… — Amy Waldman
I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days. — Walter Jon Williams
We cannot learn freedom and responsibility within the confines of our own species. We cannot understand life and death and what they are for in… — Stephanie Mills
The 'stream' we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the… — Criss Jami
Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in… — Scoot McNairy
The danger always exists that our technology will serve as a buffer between us and nature, a block between us and the deeper dimensions of… — Rollo May
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the… — Florence Griffith Joyner
There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve a Madonna. He was about… — Orison Swett Marden
There is a fear of peace that I don't understand. Witness the old epithet "peaceniks," the association of peace with weakness. We mistake kindness for… — Jennifer James
While non of us understands the Grand Design, we can commit to using all our experiences, good or bad, as the building blocks of a… — Susan Jeffers
I am happy with my past, my present and my future. All three are miraculous building blocks of my beloved, wonderful life. — Robert Muller
It's often said that writers sometimes need to go around the block a few times to get where they're going. — Christopher Bram
You can go one block to the next in San Francisco and get a completely different opinion of what the issue is. — Don Johnson
I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's block. Let me… — Terry Brooks
We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a… — Janet Fitch

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