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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
There are a lot of ideas I have that I think would be very marketable and commercial, but they're not as compelling to me as the ones that are unmarketable, uncommercial, and unprofitable.
Of compelling consideration is the fact that words acquire scope and function from the history of events which they summarize.
There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.
I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.
Ken & Mark weave a simple, compelling tale that contains profound truths. If only we all knew The Secret.
I think the actor has two responsibilities. One is to be visually compelling, and the other to recite the lines as written by the writers.
When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.
It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.
'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.
What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in their hand because no one is listening.
You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.
It wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it.
'Twin Peaks' is so phenomenal. And it worked because they struck the right tone: they brought intelligence to it, and the mystery itself was compelling.
That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.
Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.
'The Dovekeepers' is a compelling, beautifully written novel that combines history and fiction into a timeless story of survival and heroism.
The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains of imperial influence.
It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.
Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.
There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling.
It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance.
If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares?
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling ones.
It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.
Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book.
I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.
The idea of having a narrative guiding the viewer through and grasping their attention is a really compelling thing.
I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling. Right. Because it matters.
Often the art in a video game is like glorified Thomas Kinkade, but some of it is genuinely enchanting and compelling.
The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.
Ultimately the presence of other well known players is driving us to build a more compelling, innovative product.
It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution.
For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.
The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.
Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.
You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.
Joe Berlinger's documentary 'Whitey' is so hard-hitting and compelling, you can't take your eyes off the screen.
'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.
What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.
The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess.
Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.
Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.
I think good kids TV has got to have layers. It has to have compelling characters that everyone loves, but you can't dumb it down.
Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
Beautifully drawn, solid, compelling characters against a background so real and scary I left the lights on all night. It was great!
All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
Making music is mostly spontaneously following sounds you find compelling that you chase and see where they're leading you.
I am not a pacifist and I would back a lawful, coherent and compelling case for the use of military force by the U.K. against Isis.
Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.
I'm a fan of classic romance films as well as screwball comedies. I think love stories are just compelling narratives.
