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• Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.

  Meg Cabot

  Stories, Arise, Writer's Block

  "Writing Tips from Meg Cabot!". www.seventeen.com. September 4, 2008.

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• Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

  Katarina Witt

  Goal, Focus, Taught

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• Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet. In one sense, it's about protecting yourself; in another sense, it's about always being open to surprise, even from the set, because there may be some detail that you hadn't noticed. I think this is crucial. There are many pictures that seem good in so many ways except one: They lack a sense of surprise, they've never left the page.

  Martin Scorsese

  Inspiration, Thinking, Pages

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• Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

  Jodi Picoult

  Luxury, People, Writer's Block

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• Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.

  Bob Ehrlich

  School, Opportunity, Quality

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• The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.

  Chandra Wilson

  Growing Up, Doe, Said

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

  Liu Xiaobo

  Wisdom, Struggle, Life And Death

  "China's endless literary inquisition" by Liu Xiaobo, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2010.

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• I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.

  Steve Cropper

  Guy, Brain, Records

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• There is a real hunger for information about Obama and a sense that information is not being covered or, in some cases, even being withheld. There is a sense that there are elements of the media that are protective of Obama, that they would rather block a story that is embarassing about Obama than let the American public decide.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Real, Media, Stories

  "Filmgoers flock to anti-Obama doc" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. August 24, 2012.

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• When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.

  Greta Gerwig

  School, College, Play

  "Greta Gerwig on Damsels In Distress and tap-dancing into a role". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 4, 2012.

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• There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time.

  Michael Emerson

  Roles, Lines, May

  "Actor Michael Emerson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 16, 2012.

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• Imagine blocks and blocks of no cocaine, blocks with no gun play.

  Nelly

  Gun, Play, Alcohol

  Song: Nellyville, Album: Nellyville

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• Come on fathers, don't hesitate, send them off before it's too late. Be the first one on the block to have your boy come home in a box.

  Country Joe McDonald

  Father, Home, Boys

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• 'The Sopranos,' for instance, is arguably the best cable show of all time. They could have made a movie, but that show ended so perfectly, it would almost be a disadvantage to make a movie like that. Then again, if you made a 'Sopranos' movie, people would be lined around the block to go see it.

  Jerry Ferrara

  People, Would Be, Sopranos

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Car, Experience, Breaking Down

  Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.158, Grove Press

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• During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.

  Russel Honore

  Safe And Sound, People, Safety

  "Gen. Honoré: Sandy recovery is stumbling" by Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2012.

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• I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.

  Phoebe Stone

  Children, Memories, Healing

  Phoebe Stone (2012). “The Boy on Cinnamon Street”, p.135, Scholastic Inc.

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• Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.

  Jonathan Hull

  Book, Soul, Defense

  Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books

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• A plague of snow, fluffy and dry before it hardens and grips the trees, the walls, and the cars parked haphazardly everywhere. When I walk to the little market a few blocks away, it feels like a test of endurance.

  Henri Cole

  Wall, Car, Snow

  "A Plague of Snow" by Henri Cole, www.newyorker.com. February 18, 2015.

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• The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.

  Erica Jong

  Past, Joy, Shadow

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 06, 2012

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• I’d say that Berkshire Hathaway’s system is adapting to the nature of the investment problem as it really is. We’ve really made the money out of high quality businesses. In some cases, we bought the whole business. And in some cases, we just bought a big block of stock. But when you analyze what happened, the big money’s been made in the high quality businesses. And most of the other people who’ve made a lot of money have done so in high quality businesses.

  Charlie Munger

  People, Quality, Done

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• I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

  Monte Irvin

  Sports, Baseball, Teacher

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• Block Watch, Crime Watch, we have hundreds of thousands of Americans, every day and night, risking their lives, going out for no pay as volunteers, protecting Americans like all of you and not asking anything in return. And the other day I'm speaking in a high school in New Jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like Zimmerman.

  Curtis Sliwa

  School, Night, Volunteer

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• I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

  Jose Padilha

  Giving, Cameras, Actors

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• It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision, no need for love-tokens or nice views.

  Peter York

  Nice, Writing, Views

  "Writers' rooms: Peter York" by Peter York, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2009.

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