“You don't want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody's free of all conventions. That's ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You have nothing to break down if you don't have conventions.” IfsWantNeedsMovingSituationBreakRidiculousConventionsBreaking DownNeed YouUtopian Author:Lev Grossman
“Under that light rain, beaming in the night game, can't stop now, keep moving, no brake pads. Came here to prove a point, live my life on the field, make history in between the base paths. And compete against the fear that is in me, that's my only barrier and I swear I'm going to break that. From the mud, the cleats that we dragged through the feet, this is that moment and you cannot take it back... This is what you make of it, yeah we play to win, live it like we're under the lights of the stadium. Fight, until the day that God decides to wave us in, right, until he waves us in.” PlayMomentsLightMovingNightFightingGamesWinningBreakPathFeetFieldsProveRainYeahWaveBarriersThat MomentSwearLiving My LifeMudKeep MovingStadiumsPadsBrakePlay To WinCleats Author:Macklemore
“In any offense you put me in, when things break down, I'm going to get outside the pocket and move ... West Coast, East Coast. It doesn't matter. I'm taking off if I have to, to make things happen.” IfsMatterHappensMovingBreakWestEastThings HappenPocketsOffenseCoastBreaking DownMake Things HappenWest CoastEast Coast Author:Michael Vick
“...our life crises tell us that we need to break free of beliefs that no longer serve our personal development. These points at which we must choose to change or to stagnate are our greatest challenges. Every new crossroads means we enter into a new cycle of change - whether it be adopting a new health regimen or a new spiritual practice. And change inevitably means letting go of familiar people and places and moving on to another stage of life.” PeopleNeedsMeanSpiritualMovingBeliefChallengesBreakPracticeOur LivesStageDevelopmentLetting GoCrisisPersonal DevelopmentFamiliarCyclesCrossroadsSpiritual PracticeAdoptingStages Of LifeLife Crisis Author:Caroline Myss
“When you feel that you are at the end of your path and there is a ten foot high brick wall right there in front of you, and you have nowhere to go but backwards, break down that wall and move forward. There are great and wonderful things on the other side of that wall... and, they have always been there. Let nothing divide you from what you need to do in life, and see the solutions that are right in front of you. The key is, you must break down what separates you from them and choose to find them.” NeedsFeelsEndsMotivationalMovingSidesBreakPathWonderfulFeetFrontsWallKeysTenSolutionsMoving ForwardDividesBackwardsBreaking DownWonderful ThingsBricksBrick WallNowhere To Go Author:Rich Barnes
“If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.” IfsStillsAbleMovingCoursesForceBreakSpeechFinishedDrivingCeaseShipsImpulseTonePassagesSpeakersContinuingDocumentsVesselMomentumBorrowingDriving ForceSuspensionOarReciting Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists.” StoriesBigsMovingArtistBreakPoetNovelistsShort StoryBreak ThroughStory Writers Author:Gary Reilly
“You see everything depends upon the psychological headquarters from which we live. 'Where am I living from?' Ask yourself that question. If you don't like your headquarters, you can move any time you like. Break away. Don't tell anyone about it. Others will either smile tolerantly or mouth sanctimonious babble. Make your escape plans in secret. Never mind if you lose certain friends, you will find others who also have dared. They will be ten-thousand times more valuable to you.” IfsMindMovingCertainAsksLosesSecretBreakPlansLike YouDependsThousandTenMouthsValuablePsychologicalHer SmileHeadquartersSanctimonious Author:Vernon Howard
“With any television series - and it's something that is taken for granted with movies because you have the whole arc within two hours - you establish who the character is and it's a two-dimensional version, or if you're lucky, a two and a half-dimensional character. Once you establish that, you can move forward and break all the rules. Once the audience has accepted who the person is, then you can do the exact opposite. What makes it funny and interesting is doing the opposite.” IfsPersonsTwoCharacterMovingCan DoInterestingHalfBreakAudienceTelevisionLuckyOppositesSeriesAcceptedVersionsMoving Forward Author:Rashida Jones
“I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart.” PeopleHeartWarEnoughAgeMovingForgetKnownBreakGenerationsAngelCrossesLonelySightConstantCurrentsAdvancingBreak Your HeartKeep The FaithTabletsLonely PeopleCurrent Generation Author:Mark Helprin
“Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality.” MovingQualityBreakManageObsessedPosters Author:Sam Altman
“Every breath you take and every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take I'll be watchin' you Every single day and every word you say Every game you play, every night you stay I'll be watchin' you” PlayMovingNightSongGamesStepsBreakBreathsEvery NightEvery StepPopular SongWords You SayEvery Step You Take Author:Sting
“Creativity...involves the power to originate, to break away from the existing ways of looking at things, to move freely in the realm of the imagination, to create and recreate worlds fully in one's mind-while supervising all this with a critical inner eye.” WorldWayMindEyeMovingImaginationBreakCreativityCriticalRealms Author:Oliver Sacks
“It felt good to get out there, move a little and break a couple of tackles and get back to myself to get ready for Week 1.” LittlesMovingFeltBreakWeekReadyCoupleGet Back Author:C. J. Anderson
“And all of you, all your lives, should be telling those of us in the media leadership positions to tell the whole truth and calling us to complain when we don't. Break this know-nothing pact now and you will have taken as mighty a step as you can as an individual to help see to it that we as a nation move together toward a lively, hopeful, confident, and all-embracing future.” KnowsShouldWholeHelpingTogetherMovingIndividualNationsStepsBreakTakenMediaPositionCallingComplainingHopefulLivelyPactWhole Truth Author:Geneva Overholser
“Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The great musicians have the power to break all of the 'isms'-race, age, sex, et cetera. Jonny Lang is one of those musicians.” AgeMovingNextSexRaceBreakGenerationsMusicianEarsReachingGreat MusicNew GenerationMillenniumIsmsGreat Musician Author:Luther Allison
“There's something I call 'Moving Day,' which I've done for the last 20 years. Look at everything in your home, then think about how you could combine things in a different way. Maybe you break up your night tables and use one in the family room; maybe the dining room sideboard becomes a console table for your television, with storage underneath.” ThinkingWayYearsLooksDifferentDoneUseHomeLastsMovingNightRoomsBreakTelevisionTablesDifferent WaysConsoleDiningStorageDining Rooms Author:Nate Berkus
“To be honest, I'm not that good at staying friends. I like to move on after a relationship ends. If I break up with somebody, I don't want to see her or hear from her.” IfsWantEndsMovingBreakHonestBeing HonestStayingRelationships Ending Author:Luke Wilson
“Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.” PeopleKnowsTryingMovingBreakWorryKnow HowQuittingGod KnowsBreak Out Author:Joel Osteen
“I'm the strongest advocate you can imagine for doing things honestly and paying your taxes. Take advantage of every tax break you're legally entitled to. But I follow the letter of the law, because the consequences are severe if you're caught. I was a perpetrator at one time and suffered severe consequences. It is difficult in some places, but if you live in places like California, move somewhere else to save some money.” IfsMovingLawDifficultBreakImagineTaxesConsequenceAdvantageLettersCaughtHonestlyCaliforniaStrongestOne TimeEntitledSevereSomewhere ElsePerpetratorsTax Breaks Author:Michael Franzese
“The trick generally is to break programs into pieces and have those pieces be individually testable and so then when you move on to the other pieces you treat it as a black box knowing that it either works or doesn't work.” MovingBlackBreakKnowingPiecesProgramTreatsBoxesTricksBlack Boxes Author:Bill Gates
“So you're just moving along and suddenly you get this moment that breaks your ability to continue, and yet you continue. I wanted those kinds of moments. And initially people would say, "I don't think I have any." Their initial reaction was to render invisible those moments weaved into a kind of everydayness.” PeopleThinkingKindMomentsWantedMovingAbilityBreakInvisibleReactionsInitials Author:Claudia Rankine