I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking.
You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.
Democrats' definition of 'rich' - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.
The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.
I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.
Even in the off season, people are streaming the show or buying the DVD sets, and new audience comes to 'Leverage' every year we've been doing it.
I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
Each day I have the option to choose between one of two words. This choice will set the course of my day. "my" will or "Thy" will be done !!!
I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
There is nothing to be said for being crippled. You don't see the world better or clearer, nor do you develop some special set of skills by way of compensation.
I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.
I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go.
The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free.
We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.
Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.
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.
I often set two alarm clocks because I'm afraid the first one won't actually make me get up.
