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I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. -- Mira Sorvino
With a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script. -- Melissa Rosenberg
I'm interested in the essence of things. If you pare things down, what's left? It's like I'm trying to describe the soul to an alien. -- Shea Hembrey
It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp. -- Michael Shanks
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor. -- Kurt Loder
I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it. -- Lydia Davis
Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. -- Liz Phair
Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write a thank you note, and it's five sentences - that's me. I like to pare away words because I don't want to waste anyone's time. -- Bill Callahan
In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others. -- Michael Porter
A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that. -- Paloma Faith
Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers. -- Jean de La Fontaine
My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene. -- Roger Zelazny
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in. -- Kurt Loder
It's easy to make something with a million style-lines. Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve, and that's how I approach design - very minimal, pare it down, perfect. -- Keith Michael
When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness. We long to realize what's really important. -- Sarah Ban Breathnach
You should write, write, write every day, and learn to edit and pare it right back so you're proud of every sentence, and each one is either being useful or beautiful, but hopefully both. -- Caitlin Moran

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