Setting Quotes - page 6

I was in California the first time I heard Michael Jackson wanted to record with me. I was, like, 'Nah, no way, he's too big, it can't be true.' Then I got a call from Michael's people at my hotel telling me he was interested. But I still wasn't believing it - I thought they were setting me up for a TV practical jokes show. (Heavy D)
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned. View quote
Helen Dunmore
The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams. View quote
Jay Chiat
There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them. View quote
Jeffrey R. Immelt
For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they'll do in any scene you put them in. View quote
Justin Zackham
We have seven pillars of development. India has a cutting edge information technology industry. We are setting up a technology park. We would like to see technology penetration iin education. Besides, we would like to see cooperation in industries like fashion, filmmaking, ship-building, education, health and energy. View quote
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do. View quote
Kiana Tom
In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. View quote
Karen Duffy
I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment. View quote
Lennie James
In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors' gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points. View quote
Laurie R. King
I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it. (Majel Barrett)
I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh? View quote
Margot Kidder
It's exciting setting goals and moving forward with them. View quote
Amber Frey
In radio, you are the game, so to speak - you have to describe every aspect. In TV, Ive always felt less is more, and its really a question of my setting up the color analyst more than anything else. View quote
Marv Albert
You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down. View quote
Maya Lin
I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment. View quote
Michael Bolton
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. View quote
Nick Clooney
I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security. View quote
Patricia Heaton
The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves. View quote
Pete Cashmore
When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition. View quote
Robert McChesney
A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow. (Randy Harrison)
Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you. View quote
Shalom Harlow
As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same. View quote
Tia Carrere
We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do. View quote
Timothy Radcliffe
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. View quote
Tom Landry