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You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.
Me and Future, we did 'Dirty Sprite,' 'Ain't No Way Around It,' 'Turn on the Lights.' Every time we record, we're setting bars.
The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.
Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth.
I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.
I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.
I'm a type of player that tries to do everything a lot to help our team. Setting screens to get guys open, trying to block shots.
The mood of the country is set by its leaders and they are failing us by not setting a compassionate moral tone in a complex time.
Looking at someone in a deployed setting, it's not in their best interest to get pregnant overseas, but if it happens, it happens.
I always had a superstitious fear of setting up a too well-designed writing place and then finding that the writing had absconded.
Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.
I can always tell when a filmmaker doesn't care about his or her characters; they just care about setting them up to kill them off.
There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.
With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.
I can't write anything if I don't know where it's set, where the events are happening - even if the details of setting are minimal.
Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
Stella McCartney is just the coolest show to do. I love the collection. I love the setting. All of her stuff always feels so fresh.
Could I stay at Bayern my entire career? I'm not the type of person who looks that far ahead. I am setting short-term goals instead.
The Fable story hinted at a dramatic time before 'Fable 1' when the Guild was founded, this would be a perfect setting for 'Fable 4.'
I want my kids to be in an environment where they can talk about values in a way that you can't always do in a public school setting.
Acting... honestly, I'm so uncomfortable and so awkward that I could never think about setting foot in a theater room or acting class.
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.
I've had my eyes opened to so many things. But still, all I really want to do is my truck job. It's like an ingrained, default setting.
BitPay is the leading payment processor for bitcoin. The company specialize in setting up merchant accounts to accept bitcoin payments.
A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story might be told.
The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment.
If you don't simply communicate with your spouse what household tasks you would like them to do, you are setting yourself up to be angry.
I internalise every role that I do and my creative process sees me immerse myself with the setting and the character that I have at hand.
I'm setting the record straight - Chuck Schumer is nothing but a political animal who symbolizes all that's wrong with American politics.
The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.
I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.
For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'
Instead of letting the driver-base grow organically , we are setting up driver-training schools across different districts in the country.
The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.
In a live setting, the audience is trapped and can't leave. That really makes the audience be with you and laugh more because you're there.
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.
It's been really special being part of a project that's up with the times and woke and setting a precedent for inclusion and representation.
It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
We feel we're setting a trend. Other girl groups watch our style and see how we rap. And there are some male rappers I feel we've overthrown.
In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can have some menace behind it.
There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.
With a far-future setting merging Chinese and American culture, 'Firefly' also saw high-tech futurism blended with the traditional Wild West.
I'm a great believer in setting myself goals, and I like to think that, once I've a goal to aim for, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.
In Indian companies, people aren't too worried about the pace of growth as long as you're setting up a business which will survive for years.
The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free.
I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still do.
Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.