Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I’m down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I’m glad I am here and I’m able to represent New York the way I am.
I don’t know if this is a stumbling block, but I had a real setback when I won a Nebula Award for the first story I ever had nominated for a Nebula in 1982. And you might think that was a good thing – and it was a wonderful thing, I don’t regret it a bit. But I was sort of discombobulated by it.
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises.
If they’re in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners – they’re murderers, they’re terrorists, they’re insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we’re so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.
Telling parents in New Jersey you want to act isn’t exactly like telling them you want to be a doctor or a dentist. There are no guarantees. It’s hard, but all the arts are. Can you imagine the pain of writer’s block?
I’ve often said that there’s no such thing as writer’s block; the problem is idea block.
Aly and I went through just a long period of time where we just didn’t feel creative musically. And, you know, we went through the whole writer’s block thing, and we went through having two pretty successful records and figuring out how we want to transition as adults.
I think that games like ‘Braid’ show us that the ‘new kids on the block’ can do some really inventive, smart things with a genre like the side-scrolling platformer that has been around for 25 years. It’s proof that people can ‘come up’ and surprise us all the time.
When I was young you raced from one end of the street to the other, or round the block.
I hate thinking about writer’s block! I don’t have writer’s block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it’s usually because I haven’t done enough research and am therefore unable to create a fully realized world.
I don’t have writer’s block, really. I do have times when I can’t get the lead, and that is the only part of the story which I have serious trouble with. I don’t write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone – the whole point of view.
With each thing that you do, all the fears in life and safeguards block out, or obscure, who you truly are. I think that just a glimpse of the person ever comes through in most material.
On the fourth Thursday in August, my neighbors and I cordon off the ends of our block and take over the street for an evening. The annual Augustus Ave. block party is an exercise in teamwork and deep democracy.
Don’t block your blessings. Don’t let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be.
Sometimes, I see the guys driving and they don’t even look at the rim, they just dribble out so it’s as good as a block or even better because I’m kind of laughing when I see that. That’s what it’s about.
I’m not the type that’s going to sit and preach to people if they don’t need it just because I’ve been around the block a few times.
If someone annoys you on Twitter, and they only have three friends, retweet it, then block them.
I have a lot of Twitter rules. I never swear on Twitter, and if anybody’s inappropriate, I block them. I have young followers.
In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea. In a Confucian culture like South Korea’s, hierarchy can block the free exchange of opinions in face-to-face situations. The web offered a way around that.
When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory – a hunt.
My longest collaborative working relationship is with Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of ‘Love’ magazine. Katie’s an inspiration and a sounding block. She’s got such great taste.
I think I am a good running back, but I’m really not that fast. There is only one thing I can do, that is throw a cross-body block. Picture perfect. I love it. Not that good at pass blocking.
I grew up in a lot of different homes when I was younger: my parents rented trailers and small, boxy houses set high on cement block pillars.
I never get writer’s block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet.
I just block out the demons. I sing. I block them away. I put my pain into my music. I paint. I make my own videos. I direct myself. No one directs me anymore. I am in charge of my destiny.
I’m most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain’s ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I’m glad all of that experimenting is happening.
The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.
If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.
Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
Obviously, I can’t break my mental block in the Octagon.
I’ve probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
I don’t look at my opponent’s eyes in the ring. I watch his gloves so that I can block or avoid his punches.
Offence doesn’t concern me. It’s easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.
I am thankful that my career didn’t see a road block due to my marriage, which in some cases we have heard that women can’t do good work after marriage and that’s not true.
In Britain, a ‘block list’ of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private foundation with little transparency and no judicial or government oversight of the list.
People don’t get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.
There is no writer’s block in a newsroom. There’s only unemployment block.
The Premier League is a competitive league where strikers can be brought in for x amount of pounds and it might block your pathway as a young player. To go abroad, if it gives you the opportunity to play at the highest level in that country then I think it’s a no-brainer.
I think my biggest thing is learning when to hit which serve when, not doing the exact same thing over and over. Because O.K., great, it’s 120 miles per hour, but they’re standing right there, and they just block it back.
Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries. There’s likely more combined square footage for the showing of art on one New York block – West 24th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues – than in all of Amsterdam’s or Hamburg’s galleries.
As a rookie, I was a pick-and-roll player. I was an energy guy who could dunk, block shots, rebound.
I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.
I was born and raised in the Bronx, and growing up here, you would go down the block, and on one corner you would hear bachata, on another corner some salsa, and of course there was hip-hop and R&B all over the place. So for me, it is very organic to have these combinations.
I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
Being a tight end, you have to be able to do everything. You have to be able to run routes; you have to be able to block, pass-protect, and run with the ball after a catch. So, that’s how I attack my workouts – focusing on doing everything.
I’ve never had writer’s block.
New Kids On The Block were never my thing; my middle school crush was on Rob Van Winkle.
I think like that all the time: nobody can block me, nobody can stop me, nobody can play the run the way I can. You’ve got to think like that all the time.
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.
What I support is moving Medicaid to block grants so that the states can drive that process.
All too often affordable housing can be a block on mobility and aspiration, so instead Conservatives will ensure that living in social accommodation means that you’ll get a ‘freedom pass’ to get on and do more with your life.
When you play in the Premier League, say you’re playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it’s more of an open game, it’s more attacking, end-to-end.
If you have a MacBook Pro, there is no option to block people. Believe me: I hunted for this blocking option.
